This paper is the introduction to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) landscape in the present day and its future properties. AI is now being used in numerous fields, such as technology, finance and banking, and healthcare to name a few. The current use of AI is in automation, to perform tasks at the same level or even better than humans can in terms of efficiency, accuracy and speed. This is why AI is being used in more businesses, and why understanding AI has become more important than ever before. The majority of people don't truly understand what AI even is, and assume that it’s a dangerous field filled with killer robots, however that couldn’t be farther than the truth. The following chapters in this paper will explain what AI actually is as well as comparing it to the public’s perception. Once a proper understanding of AI is established, the paper aims to show how AI is being applied into industries, and how they can skyrocket the success of all of them in vast ways that were never possible before the AI revolution.