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The late 19802 and the 1990s saw a series patterns representing the patterns to
renewed interest in NN research when predict anomalies and sends alerts 50%
several different researchers reinvented the more accurately than machine learning
back propagation learning algorithm algorithms that can be annotated and are
(although the algorithm was really first explainable. With Huge ROI Gains,
discovered in 1969.). The back propagation Financial Services Industry is Spearheading
algorithm was soon applied to many Diverse AI Applications As much as a 40%
learning problems causing great excitement rise in productivity was reported by banks
within the AI community. There is also a coming from diverse Artificial Intelligence
move towards the development of hybrid (AI) applications including productive
intelligent systems(i.e, systems that use assistants. A survey of 424 senior executives
more than one AI method). from financial services and fintech
companies released in March 2016 by law
3. APPLICATIONS OF firm Baker McKenzie found that 49% of
AI respondents expected their organization to
use AI as part of its risk assessment process
3.1 FINANCE : within the next three years. While 29%
expected AI use in know-your-customer and
3.1.1 Banking :-
anti-money laundering monitoring, those
Organize operations, invest in citing regulation, risk and compliance
stocks, and manage properties. In August constituted 26% of the survey respondents.
2001,robots beat humans in a simulated Darren Williams, Executive VP and Chief
financial trading competition. Some other Risk Officer at United Bankshares expects
applications in this section include loan AI to help reduce inefficiency in its
investigation ,ATM design, safe and fast monitoring processes from 95% to 50% or
banking etc…. less with the trial of new technology leading
Simularity is among the few companies to 30%-40% cost savings. The seemingly
worldwide doing distributed deep learning wide range of emerging AI solutions in the
ideally suited to multi-location global BFSC financial sector are now expected to be
Companies). It captures multivariate time speed and high volume data aided by cloud
computing with advanced deep learning Here is a listing of AI application needs (not
techniques. AI leverages a set of necessarily in that order of priority) captured
technologies rather than one single product from a Global bank, based on an interactive
or system. The most popular proposition is session conducted by Simularity with the
that of teaching machines to learn and bank’s Executive Director at San Francisco,
interact to solve cognitive tasks normally who is scouting for technology solution.
done by humans. The implications extend to Money laundering – very involved cross
computers resolving problems, reasoning, border data tracking and intelligence on
processing natural language and much more. transactions Fraud detection – anomaly
The Drivers Identified for Simularity AI detection and predictive analytics (ready
This progress in technology is also propelled pilot) Compliance - help in recovering layers
by the enormous volume of data from of bank documentation/data to meet
customers and market players with the regulatory policies (evolving) Correlating
automation as well as digitalization of and linking multivariate transaction data -
financial services – banking, insurance and individual and business accounts (ready
trading. Data explosion is clearly the key pilot) Analyzing behavioral data captured
enabler. One can now dive into more than from all online activities and those from
10 years of banking, insurance, mortgages digital devices including smart watches for
and financial trading history for every single personalization based on spending and other
of the million transactions that take place preference patterns (some form in use)
daily. This data could then be applied to International Trade – web and digital space
deep learning to train and construct crawling to map buyers/suppliers’ data to
applicable algorithms to offer insight, generate leads for contacting potential
improve decisions, mitigate risk and detect clients. Network analysis of trade
minor to major anomalies to prevent frauds transaction databases to find details of
or disasters. AI technologies are currently connectedness of companies (ready pilot)
being applied by the banking industry in the Financial markets – tracking to detect
realm of knowledge management, identity anomalies in the behavior of key players
authentication, market analysis, CRM, anti- (some form in use) Marketing and lead
money laundering and risk control. generation AI products are gaining
acceptance. Goldman Sachs, Amex and Citi
Ventures funded Persado software. This stakeholder relationship and mitigate risk. It
software uses AI and a massive database of has the capability of self-configuring and
marketing performance metrics to suggest adaptive spatio-temporal reasoning to make
language that can elicit certain emotional predictions based on multivariate patterns it
responses to advertising and email subject discovers. This opens up the scope for cost
lines. It can also warn marketing teams savings as well as higher returns for banks,
about cultural sensitivities to certain words insurance and trading companies.
and timing of campaigns. The software is Simularity’s high speed self-learning
used by 80 global brands including financial process actually dispenses the need for
services firms Citi and AmEx as well as costly data scientists at several stages.
software giant Microsoft and retailers Rather, such professionals could delve on
Neiman Marcus and Sears. The software can last mile decision making on cost benefit
be used to fine tune email campaigns, analysis and aligning insights with the short
Facebook messages, websites, display ads, and long term goals. Deep Learning,
and text messages. Simularity Positioning Insights and Recommendation Engine From
and Scoping To leverage AI, banks are also the client’s data center or cloud, Simularity
aggressively recruiting statisticians and data accesses data to construct application based
scientists, who dabble with new uses of data algorithms through deep learning for
across the banking and financial services predictive analytics and recommendation
sector, aiming to significantly better services engines. Alerts are sent after anomaly
and enhance profits. The market space is detection or deviation from the deduced
getting crowded by AI companies engaged signature pattern. The technology platform
in bot messaging/support, document could be seamlessly integrated with
discovery, simple machine learning, voice proximity as well as remote sensing
analytics, crawling techniques and generic technologies for data capture. Simularity’s
algorithm based trading. Deep learning and data processing capabilities range from
real time data analytics are gradually on the structured and unstructured data to camera
rise. Simularity can leverage its proprietary images including low resolution satellite
platform to capture real time as well as imaging. So, with the proliferation of AI
historical time series data for deep learning applications in the financial sector,
and predictive analytics to improve Simularity is well positioned with its impact
access - prerequisite for deriving insights by are pushing AI solutions. The objective is to
correlating information. The attempt by develop systems and platforms that not only
banks would be to get beyond silos and resolve customer queries but also drive sales
correlate disparate pieces of information. through recommendations engines. Nguyen
Key to making use of correlated data is the Trieu, Fintech Resident Expert, Oxford
interface between the user and the data that University and CEO of The Disruptive
Simularity platform could suitably address. Group, says the deployment of robo advisers
AI to become more Ubiquitous As evident, depends on how effectively the banks are
AI is already impacting the financial sector able to manage customer data. Santander
and being used daily within payment bank in London offers secure transactions
systems, money management and for robo- using voice recognition through its banking
advice. As already cited, intelligent digital app whereas, Royal Bank of Scotland is
assistants cope with regular customer trying out its’s AI customer service
service enquiries and tasks. It can process assistance tool Luvo to interact with staff to
big data far more efficiently than humans serve future customers. Swedbank’s Nina
and recognize speech, images, text, patterns Web assistant hit an average of 30,000
of online behavior. These technologies help conversations per month and its first-contact
to detect fraud and support appropriate resolution of 78% during the first three
advertisements for upselling. With the likes months. Nina can handle over 350 different
of Persado, there is also immense scope for customer questions and answers. Several
AI to drive customer loyalty for banks. other banks in US and elsewhere are putting
Large Financial Services organizations are in place such AI tools and platforms with
already using AI to deliver personalized active trials. Ally Bank launched Ally
advice to their wealthy clients. Several Assist, which displays on the smartphone
others invested in AI to answer complex screen answers to texted or voice queries on
financial questions posed by customers. bill payment initiation, recent transactions or
Voice banking and selfie pay to gain routing numbers. These suggests what the
popularity in near future. Robo advisers as customer like to do next. Other banks
AI applications are getting robust over time. offering virtual assistants include USAA,
Digitalization and automation with the use Tangerine in Canada and Garanti Bank in
of smart tools for customer support services Turkey. Kensho in Cambridge,
and also which section of the business gets and recommendations for upgrades with
impacted. new services by matching algorithms. We
have interesting examples of companies
Lavastorm software offers analytic data
exploring personal financial management
processes to help bridge the gap between an
(PFM) like the San Francisco based start-up
organization’s technology people and
Wallet.AI - a new app to help consumers
business people is leveraging AI to eliminate
make smarter purchase decisions, manage
project bottlenecks. Its VP, Dan Donovan
finances and make savings while on the
emphasizes the need as it makes the process
move. Google’s Rat Kurzweil predicts
more agile, reducing the use of traditional
robots will reach human levels of
“waterfall approach” where the business
intelligence by 2029 if they can overcome
people document the regulatory
current limitations – the point termed as
requirements and sent them to a
Singularity.
disconnected tech team to develop some
functionality toward those requirements that Advent of Robots Mizuho Financial Group
they may not understand. Thus, in addition bank introduced Pepper (the world’s first
to being faster and more accurate, AI should humanoid robot with human emotions,
make compliance easier. Banks spend much developed by Softbank, one of Japan’s
time and effort on comprehensive capital biggest telecommunications companies, in
analysis and review, conduct stress tests collaboration with Paris-based robotics
thereby duplicating the work for the next experts, Aldebaran) to its flagship branch in
reporting period. This kind of approach Tokyo after mid 2015 to address customer
works better than operating with separate enquiries. Whereas, Mitsubishi UFJ
analyses and silos that have to unroll and Financial Group trialed “Nao”, a humanoid
then roll back to converse with regulators. robot to interact with customers. Robotics
Advanced Technologies, Robotics and are already being used for back office tasks,
Customer Benefits Personalization is but Pepper and Nao are pushing the
priority for banks and many are dabbling boundaries of what an autonomous, AI robot
with smarter ways to match products and can do within a banking setting. Pepper is
services to the consumer. For the customer being used in customer services as
the technology can simplify the money replacement to information booth or
management process and offer suggestions welcome desk. A partnership with IBM
implies the Watson-powered version offers a solutions directly with clients as well as
service that developers can build into their strategic partners. It’s also critical to work
apps or devices to make them smarter by with leading banks and their partners on
analyzing data, making personal major projects to combat cyberattacks and
recommendations and even understanding cybercrimes. Retail Case – the Simularity
human language and emotion. The Watson- ROIthat could be readily deployed in banks
powered Pepper will be able to tap into data and financial services companies Simularity
such as social media, video, images and text Code In Production Since 2012 “Simularity
with more types of jobs in development. gives us an edge that other recommendation
Cognitive Computing and AI Applications services just can’t offer: better and faster
in Financial Services Financial services recommendations, powered by all our data,
organizations are aggressively tracking AI on a single inexpensive server.” Casey
technologies to plan future initiatives. Carey, VP of Marketing, Alibris - Simularity
Businesses are discovering and Uses High Performance Correlation Engine
implementing innovation with venture for recommendations o Product
capital and captive incubators to groom and recommendations for alibris.com and
deploy new technologies. With the growth halfpricebooks.com o Personalized
of automated services, AI and robotics are recommendations for marketing emails - 18
compelling traditional banks, financial million products, 45 million actions - Better
services and payment providers to work (more complex) algorithm - Custom
closely with proposition designers, coders, business rules: no self-help books -
developers and marketers to identify new Measurable Results o Proven in live A/B
concepts and astutely commercialize them. test Repeat rate up 5.8 Revenue Per Visitor
Simularity solutions are aligned in servicing up 8.9% Average Order Value up 7.5%
clients directly, through partners and system Orders/session up 13.2% o Speed of
integrators. As Financial Services recommendation generation improved
companies declare war on hackers investing dramatically Simularity is already into
millions of dollars towards AI integration to project mode with insurance and banking
offer security against fraud and theft to build companies. With few iterations and
sustained and transparent relationship with deployments, it could offer packaged
customers, Simularity needs to co-create products by co-creating with players in the
Financial Services sector. Through the realized that the real possibility exists of
integration of its deep learning AI platform, freeing technical workers (blue- and white
Simularity’s predictive analytics with collars alike) from what is perceived as the
recommendation engines are well positioned “drudgery of labor”. There is common
to solve big ticket and complex problems agreement on the fact that the concrete
like customer behavior, fraud detection, possibility exists of building machines that
managing risk in compliance, financial perform “human-like” tasks, mimicked and
exposure and investment portfolios. organized after the physical and intellectual
activities a human worker would perform on
3.2 Heavy industries:
his/her own. Such a vision has of course
Huge machines involve risk in their been widely publicized in science fiction
manual maintenance and working. So in books and movies: what we attempt to
becomes necessary part to have an efficient describe here is obviously not fiction, but
and safe operation agent in their operation. real applied science. The enormous
advances in AI techniques and applications
in the latest years have been supported and
indeed made possible by the ever
accelerating pace of the development of
modern computational facilities (in this
context meant as both hardware and
software), which have allowed the allocation
of hitherto unforeseen amounts of computer
resources (in terms of both CPU and
the problem was still open whether to a present state of affairs in which man has
“machines could think”. Obviously, there recognized that, while there is in effect no
are well defined limits to the intrinsic ability theoretical limit to the amount of knowledge
of a man-made “machine” to “think”, and an artificial system may possess, its ability
some of the basic problems are discussed in to successfully perform even relatively
Artificial Intelligence and Energy Systems: simple tasks with the flexibility, the non-
Scope and Definition: what is now clear is linearity and the inherent complexity of
that some of the analytical qualities of human mind is substantially limited by a
human thinking can be captured by suitable series of factors that include reliability,
artificial systems. Obviously, machines can transparency, ease of access and feedback-
(and are expected to) do only specifically control of the outcome. The field is still, if
defined and highly specialized work, not in its infancy, at least in its adolescence,
perhaps complex, but definitely limited in and some of the excesses and failures of
scope: the fact is, the complexity of the tasks these systems are strikingly similar to the
AI codes can perform is ever increasing, and “mistakes” an adolescent makes while
the limits of their applications are being learning new and more complex tasks. Our
continuously shifted to “higher” levels. At goal here is to report on present applications
the same time, the “intelligence” these codes and outline their merits and limits, and to
possess is now recognized as a mere mirror stimulate researchers and users to “think
and application of its human counterpart: ahead” and to look for possibilities of
even the most “intelligent” programs are, in enhancing the breadth and the depth of
fact, only as intelligent as their creators can practical applications, with the final goal of
(and want!) to make them. After an initial improving the resource effectiveness of
euphoric state of affairs, which led to an industrial systems and, in the present
attitude that “machines can perform all tasks context, specifically of energy systems.
humans can perform”, a more sober view is
2. Possible Applications In line of principle,
now gaining ground. The relatively
there are very few activities in the
disappointing high number of unfulfilled
Engineering field that cannot be performed
promises and the inherent difficulties
by an “automated” tool working under the
encountered in the transition from “paper
paradigms of Artificial Intelligence (for a
paradigms” to “machine shop tools” has led
better definition both of the meaning of AI
present in the full-fledged orchestra. If there piece follows the soloist (user) despite
is a small orchestra playing, the program can tempo changes and/or mistakes.
play the part for missing instruments. High Demo:
school and community theaters wanting to
3.3.5 SmartMusic
produce a musical can now benefit from the
virtual orchestra and realize a full Broadway SmartMusic is an interactive, computer-
score. This software is able to follow the based practice tool for musicians. It offers
fluctuations in tempo and musical exercises, instant feedback tools, and
expression. Musicians enjoy the thrill of accompaniments meant to aid musicians.
playing with a full orchestra, while the The product is targeted at teachers and
audience enjoys the rich sound that comes students alike and offers five categories of
from the combination of the virtual orchestra accompaniments: solo, skill development,
with the musicians. method books, jazz, and ensemble. Teachers
can give students pre-defined assignments
Demo:
via email and scan in sheet music that is not
3.3.4 Computer Accompaniment yet in the SmartMusic catalog. Students can
(Carnegie Mellon University) choose the difficulty level they want to play
The Computer Music Project at CMU at, slow down or speed up the tempo, or
develops computer music and interactive change the key in which to play the
performance technology to enhance human piece. SmartMusic also compares students'
musical experience and creativity. This playing with digital template, which allows
interdisciplinary effort draws on Music it to detect mistakes and mark them on a
Theory, Cognitive Science, Artificial score. It also simulates the rapport between
Intelligenceand Machine Learning, Human musicians by sensing and reacting to tempo
Computer Interaction, Real-Time changes.
Systems, Computer Graphics and
3.3.6 StarPlayIt
Animation, Multimedia, Programming
StarPlay is also a music education software
Languages, and Signal Processing. One of
that allows the user to practice by
their project is similar to SmartMusic. It
performing with professional musicians,
provides accompaniment for the chosen
bands and orchestras. They can choose their
spot and watch the video from that spot.
They can hear the other musicians playing. 3.3.9 REAPER's TabEditor
Again, the program listens to the user's MIDI to string instrument (guitar, violin,
performance and helps them improve their dombra, etc.) tablature conversion is a
performance by providing constructive nontrivial task, as the same note can reside
feedback as they rehearse. StarPlay was on different strings of the instrument. And
developed by StarPlayIt (formerly In The the creation of good fingering is sometimes
Chair), a music technology company that a challenge even for real musicians,
has won many awards for its platforms for especially when translating a two handed
online musical performance and piano composition on a string instrument. So
participation. in TabEditor (the tiny plugin
3.3.7 ChucK for REAPER DAW), an AI was used that
Main article: ChucK solves this puzzle the same way as a
musician would: trying to keep all the notes
Developed at Princeton University by Ge
close to each other (to be possible to play)
Wang and Perry Cook, ChucK is a text-
while trying to fit all the piano notes into a
based, cross-platform language that allows
range that can be played simultaneously on
real-time synthesis, composition,
the instrument. When direct translation is
performance and analysis of music. It is
impossible (piano part has more notes than
used by SLOrk (Stanford Laptop
are possible on the guitar) the AI tries to
Orchestra) and PLOrk (Princeton Laptop
find an acceptable solution, removing as few
Orchestra).
notes as possible from the original
Demo
composition. The Prolog programming
3.3.8 Impromptu language was used to create this AI.
software arranges its melodies with pop- of genres, all music composed by Melomics
automation patterns or in four-part choral algorithms are available in MP3, MIDI,
writing. Ludwig can react in real-time on an MusicXML, and PDF (of sheet music), after
eight-bar theme played on a keyboard. The purchase. Music composed by this algorithm
theme will be analysed for key, harmonic was organized into an album named Iamus
content and rhythm while it is being (album), which was hailed by New Scientist
performed by a human. The program then as "The first complete album to be
without delay repeats the theme arranged composed solely by a computer and
e.g. for orchestra. It subsequently varies the recorded by human musicians.”
melody to create a little piece as interactive
3.3.13 MorpheuS
answer to the human input.
MorpheuS is a research project by Dorien
3.3.11 OMax Herremans and Elaine Chew at Queen Mary
OMax is a software environment which University of London, funded by a Marie
learns in real-time typical features of a Skłodowská-Curie EU project. The system
musician's style and plays along with him uses an optimization approach based on a
interactively, giving the flavor of a machine variable neighborhood search algorithm to
co-improvisation. OMax uses OpenMusic morph existing template pieces into novel
and Max. It is based on researches on pieces with a set level of tonal tension that
stylistic modeling carried out by Gerard changes dynamically throughout the piece.
Assayag and Shlomo Dubnov and on This optimization approach allows for the
researches on improvisation with the integration of a pattern detection technique
computer by G. Assayag, M. Chemillier and in order to enforce long term structure and
G. Bloch (Aka the OMax Brothers) in the recurring themes in the generated music.
Ircam Music Representations group. Pieces composed by MorpheuS have been
performed at concerts in both Stanford and
3.3.12 Melomics
London.
Melomics is a proprietary computational
system for the automatic (without human 3.3.14 Flow Machines
aims at transforming musical style into a world. Robots can be put into three main
computational object to apply to AI- categories:
generated melodies and harmonies. Flow
a) Manipulators
Machines has composed two fully-fledged
b) Mobile robots
pop songs, issued from a collaboration
c) Humanoid
between the AI software and pop composer
Benoît Carré: Daddy's Car and Mister
Shadow. Flow Machines also produced
DeepBach, a neural network system which
produces harmonisation in Bach style
indiscernible from original Bach's
harmonisations.
3.3.15 AIVA
from these sensors decides what to do next to organize bed schedules, make a staff
and then and then directs the effectors to rotation, and provide medical information.
ANNs are computational analytical tools important characters of ANNs is that they
which are inspired by the biological nervous can learn from their experience in a training
system. They consist of networks of highly environment. The use of multilayer feed
interconnected computer processors called forward Perception was restricted by the
‘neurons’ that are capable of performing lack of a suitable learning algorithm until
parallel computations for data processing Paul Werbos (1974) a PhD student
and knowledge representation. Their ability introduced ‘back propagation’ learning.9
to learn from historical examples, analyse Some of the other popular network designs
non-linear data, handle imprecise include Hopfield networks,10 Radial Basis
information and generalise enabling Function11 and the Self-Organizing Feature
application of the model to independent data Map.12 ANNs have already found a wide
has made them a very attractive analytical variety of applications in the real world.
tool in the field of medicine. McCulloch and Their ability to classify and recognize
Pitts (1943) invented the first artificial patterns accurately has attracted researchers
neurone using simple binary threshold to apply them in solving many clinical
functions.7 The next important milestone problems. As we realize that diagnosis,
came when Frank Rosenblatt, a treatment and predicting outcome in many
psychologist, developed the Perceptron in clinical situations is dependent on a complex
19588 as a practical model. Many variations interaction of many clinical, biological and
of the basic Perceptron network have been pathological variables there is a growing
proposed but the most popular model has need for analytical tools like ANNs which
been multilayer feedforward Perceptron can exploit the intricate relationships
(Fig. 1). These networks are made up of between these variables. Baxt was one of the
layers of neurons, typically an input layer, first researchers to explore the clinical
one or more middle or hidden layers and an potentials of ANNs.13 He developed a
output layer, each of which are fully neural network model which accurately
connected to other layer. The neurons are diagnosed acute myocardial infarction and
connected by links, and each link has a latter prospectively validated his work with
numerical weight associated with it. A similar accuracy.14 Since then, ANNs have
neural network ‘learns’ through repeated been applied in almost every field of
adjustments of these weights. One of the medicine. Diagnosis ANNs have been used
evolution process that imitates the prognosis, medical imaging and signal
mechanism of natural selection and survival processing, and planning and scheduling.
of the fittest in solving real-world problems. The principles of Genetic algorithms have
The most widely used form of evolutionary been used to predict outcome in critically ill
computation for medical applications are patients,45 lung cancer,60 melanoma61 and
‘Genetic Algorithms’. Proposed by John response to warfarin.62 They have also been
Holland (1975),59 they are a class of used in computerized analysis of
stochastic search and optimisation mammographic microcalcification,63 MRI
algorithms based on natural biological segmentation of brain tumours to measure
evolution. They work by creating many the efficacy of treatment strategies64 and for
random solutions to the problem at hand. analyzing computerized 2-D images to
This population of many solutions will then diagnose malignant melanomas.63,65
evolve from one generation to the next, Hybrid intelligent systems Each AI
ultimately arriving at a satisfactory solution technique has its own strengths and
to the problem. The best solutions are added weaknesses. Neural networks are mainly
to the population while the inferior ones are concerned with learning, fuzzy logic with
eliminated. By repeating this process among imprecision and evolutionary computation
the better elements, repeated improvements with search and optimisation. The
will occur in the population, survive and advantages of these technologies can be
generate new solutions. Most medical combined together to produce hybrid
decisions can be formulated as a search in a intelligent systems which can work in a
very large and complex space. For example: complementary manner. Their synergy
a cytologist analysing a cytological allows a hybrid system to accommodate
specimen to decide whether they are common sense, extract knowledge from raw
malignant or not, is searching in the space of data, use human-like reasoning mechanisms,
all possible cell features for a set of features deal with uncertainty and imprecision, and
permitting him to provide a clear diagnosis. learn to adapt to a rapidly changing and
Genetic algorithms exploit the mechanism unknown environment. There are many
of natural evolution to search efficiently in a different hybrid systems available and the
given space. They are applied to perform popular ones are ANNs for designing fuzzy
several types of tasks like diagnosis and systems, fuzzy systems for designing ANNs,
and Genetic Algorithms for automatically capacity of the human brain is probably of
training and generating neural network the order of 10000 million binary digits.
architectures. Once again, the application of Hence that we can say that as natural
hybrid intelligent systems has been explored intelligence is limited and volatile too world
in many diverse clinical scenarios. Some may now depend upon computers for
examples include breast cancer diagnosis,66 smooth working
analysis of microcalcification on digital
mammograms,67 diagnosis of coronary
5. CONCLUSION
artery stenosis,68 assessment of myocardial
Till now we have discussed in brief
viability,69 and control of the depth of
about artificial intelligence . we have
anaesthesia.
some of its principles its applications
4. FEATURES OF AI
6. REFFERENCES