The Future of Artificial Intelligence: What the Researchers Say

Interest in artificial intelligence technology, including in the association space, is picking up in a big way as we close out 2018 and move into the new year, and an array of recent studies on the topic shows just what we have to look forward to. Studies from Stanford University, Pew Research Center, and New York University examine the state of AI from different directions. They explore the field's global growth, its diversity, and its economic and ethical implications. As highlighted by the fact that numerous reports on the topic came out at around the same time, artificial intelligence is driving a lot of research momentum these days. According to Stanford's AI Index [PDF], growth in the number of artificial intelligence papers published in a given year has outpaced that of even computer science.