Are AI Systems About To Outperform Humans?

Has artificial intelligence outwitted us already? When the term "artificial intelligence" (AI) was first coined in the 1950s, the ultimate dream was to create a technology more intelligent than humans. Since then, AI research has experienced ups and downs. However, since the rise of machine learning -- particularly deep learning -- it seems AI is finally gathering momentum, with each success story followed by another. Today, there are a variety of tasks AI systems can do better -- and faster -- than humans.