You have likely already heard about augmented reality and other forms of augmented technology. But it is likely that you have yet to hear about augmented intelligence? Augmented intelligence is a mechanism that improves and scales up human expertise. It is done by collaborating with people on clearly defined activities, accessing a large chunk of both structured and unstructured data. Augmented intelligence detects patterns, relationships, and insights which all helps to drive innovation. Think about this, in the 1980s and 1990s, telephones were completely immobile, banking was a tedious chore in which customers had to stand in long lines to simply check their balances, and shopping was a tiresome activity as stores were scarce, forcing many people to travel long distances just to buy daily necessities.