In 2017, two crucial phenomena began to crystallize.

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The number of internet users continues to grow in Spain. 84.6% of individuals between the ages of 16 and 74 used the internet in the last three months in 2017, representing a 5% increase over the previous year, reaching 29 million people. Furthermore, of all special lead internet users, 81.5% connect daily , or nearly 24 million. These individuals represent 64% of the population in this age group, 4 percentage points more than in 2016.

These are some of the data from the report " The Digital Society in Spain 2017 ," presented this week by the Telefónica Foundation. The document (exhaustive, with numerous figures, sources, and comparisons) presents a complete overview of the evolution of digital society not only in Spain, but also to a large extent in the rest of the world. It also outlines what is to come.

Here are some of the milestones that show how we have changed:

Artificial intelligence and its associated technologies, such as machine learning and deep learning , along with robotics, are spreading across all industrial sectors, particularly in the technology and financial sectors, but also in healthcare and health care . At the same time, they are transforming the media world, making IT and communications technologists the most sought-after employees, replacing marketers and strategists.


First, the significant expansion of the scope of AI systems , encompassing areas such as healthcare, agriculture, telecommunications, distribution, and finance, as well as their combination with other emerging technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) systems and big data analytics.

Second, the first prototypes of hardware accelerators to improve algorithm performance appeared in 2017. Deep learning neural networks for machine learning are the most successful innovation in the field of AI.