The upheaval triggered by digital technology and computers since the beginning of the 20th century is called the Digital Revolution. The digitally networked lifestyle, much like the industrial revolution before it, led to a transformation in almost all areas of life in industrial society. We also speak of a third industrial revolution, or, in technical terms, a microelectronic revolution
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The changes in the world of business and work, in the public sphere and in private life that accompany the digital revolution are taking place at great speed wherever the material prerequisites for application and use of progressive digitization exist. Application areas and development potentials of artificial intelligence are among the trends and open future questions of the digital revolution.