2017-01-23 17:04:33

Artificial intelligence has become a hot topic in 2016, the short term does not seem to cool. The investment, acquisitions, pilots, restructurings and breakthroughs that have taken place over the past year will have a huge impact on the AI industry in the coming year. The following is the 2017 artificial intelligence industry is worth noting the 9 major predictions:

1, no longer exaggerated

Artificial intelligence will return to heaven from the sky. We will not talk about far-fetched man-machine confrontation, but will try to use artificial intelligence to convert large amounts of data into orderly information to help us realize the dream. When people realize that what artificial intelligence can do, what is being done, the news report will return to rational, so as to form a more practical understanding of artificial intelligence.

We will actively embrace the artificial intelligence technology, making it the key to enhance economic efficiency. From business process outsourcing to computer vision to natural language processing, we will further strengthen our existing artificial intelligence technology to integrate into our existing systems, continually enrich our lives and improve business efficiency.

2, extensive integration and development of artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence will penetrate all software, business processes and large data solutions. Small businesses (such as Algorithmia, Clarifai, GumGum, Init.ai, Orbital Insights, Sentient Technologies, etc.) and large companies (such as Amazon, Apple, Baidu, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, Tencent ) Will bring disruptive applications.

3, to seek professional human knowledge

We will form a broad consensus: the need to put the right people in the right environment in order to allow artificial intelligence to cooperate with us, for our effectiveness. I've worked with some of the world's top experts from dozens of companies, and sometimes it's hard to apply AI to practice because there's no one who can give top-notch insights for a particular domain. Although algorithms such as neural networks can be learned without explicit instructions, they still need to be trained with large amounts of data.

4, only the development of "smart" applications

For example, shopping will be smarter. We can see that computer vision and mass of market and personal data complement each other, thereby providing a better online shopping experience. For example, today's Siri, Cortana, Google Now, Alexa and other natural language interfaces have been exciting, but also often frustrating mistakes. In 2017, we will be in more useful and reliable scene, the voice as the main channel for interaction with the computer.

5, to promote medical progress

Although the process may be slow, but this is what we need. My personal dream is to digitize a large number of cases, to help professional medical professionals to provide more intelligent treatment services, while enhancing their efficiency - our economic development because of the same reason the need to use artificial intelligence technology. I hope the US Department of Veterans Affairs to take the lead in developing such a model.

6, to promote agricultural progress

UAVs will monitor crops and provide services from the air and ground, while artificial intelligence software will process the data to help farmers make better decisions. After all, although we have a hunter's thinking, but the cooking method is still the same with the ancient farmers.

7, to help certain professions to achieve automation

Certain traditional occupations in the fields of transportation (such as trucks, taxis), warehousing and logistics, and manufacturing will be replenished, or even replaced, by robots using artificial intelligence technology. These robots can use computer vision, automatic navigation and other remote sensing and decision-making techniques.

But there are pros and cons, and while this model can help automate previously dangerous and costly jobs, we need to provide early reemployment training and create new jobs for those who may be affected.

8, to enhance security

Artificial intelligence is critical to national security. This is not just the field of entrepreneurship, not just limited to network security. Artificial intelligence can also help us protect the security of borders, power grids, police stations, emergency personnel and soft infrastructure.

9, to strengthen social ethics

All of these projects need to adhere to social ethics. Artificial intelligence can be imagined as a sharp scalpel, if the wrong angle, even if only a slight deviation, will have a profound impact on society. Hope that the US federal government can listen to all kinds of business recommendations issued after the industry guidelines in order to reduce the bias of artificial intelligence.

I may be optimistic about the New Year's vision, but I believe that AI will change our lives in many ways. I can not wait to see if the artificial intelligence industry in 2017 will make those advances.