Artificial Intelligence Presents a Golden Opportunity

Imagine if technology powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could help visually impaired people see? Such technology actually exists in the form of a smartphone app called Seeing AI that literally serves as a talking camera that helps visually impaired people see by describing their surroundings at any given moment and can improve the quality of life for millions of people. Massive amounts of data are required to fuel AI and to train the algorithms that are part of AI solutions. As the data privacy laws across the globe continue to evolve (e.g., the European Union General Data Protection Regulation that becomes effective on May 25, 2018), we continue to see significant data loss/access issues involving well-known institutions and the cybercriminals become even more sophisticated, it is of paramount importance that AI systems need to respect privacy and be highly secure. AI solutions ought to widely benefit everyone – not just a select few.