One of the few guarantees Wall Street offers is that there's always going to be a next-big-thing investment trend to captivate investors' attention. At the moment, no trend is garnering more hoopla than artificial intelligence (AI).

When I say "artificial intelligence," I'm talking about the use of software and systems to handle tasks typically overseen by humans. The not-so-secret sauce to AI is the incorporation of machine learning, which allows software and systems to learn/evolve and become more efficient at their tasks over time.

According to researchers at PwC, AI could add $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030 -- and there's no way investors are going to overlook figures this large.

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