For the past three years, two London-based investors have compiled an extremely comprehensive summary of the current “State of A.I.” It's the work of Ian Hogarth, who founded the concert discovery site Songkick and is now a prominent angel investor, and Nathan Benaich, a venture capitalist whose firm Air Street Capital focuses on startups built around applications of artificial intelligence.
This year’s report ( https://www.stateof.ai ) runs to 177 detailed Powerpoint slides. It’s a great way to take the pulse of the whole field.
One trend ...: a growing dichotomy between the priorities of A.I. researchers and those of A.I. practitioners who work in other kinds of businesses, such as healthcare and finance.
Here are some other key takeaways from “The State of A.I.”:
- A.I. in healthcare and medicine is booming.
- Privacy-preserving machine learning is going to be huge.
- Demand for A.I. talent continues to far outstrip supply, despite a drop-off in job postings due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- The U.S. remains the best place in the world for A.I. talent—but a lot of that talent is foreign-born.
- Regulators are finally starting to scrutinize the use of A.I.
- The U.S. military is increasingly experimenting with cutting-edge A.I. techniques and incorporating A.I. into its arsenal.
See the full story here: https://fortune.com/2020/10/06/which-a-i-planet-do-you-live-on/