Worldwide AI

Artificial intelligence in Korea is currently prospering. The media are regularly reporting AIenabled products such as smart advisors, personal robots, autonomous cars, and humanlevel intelligence machines. The IT industry is investing in deep learning and AI to maintain the global competitive edge in its services and products. The Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning (MSIP) has launched new funding programs in AI and cognitive science to implement the government's newly adopted endeavor of building a creative economy and software-centered society. However, AI did not always flourish as it now does.