Artificial Intelligence: A new frontier for public safety

Interest in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is booming, fueled by the growth in affordable data storage and computing. The AI phenomenon is creating a new wave of technologies destined to disrupt societies and multi-billion-dollar industries. It is little wonder that IDC is predicting a 50.1% compound annual growth rate increase for global spending on AI, reaching $57.6 billion by 2021. However, the debate about machines performing a greater number of tasks once requiring human intelligence is both controversial and divisive. Google recently faced an ethical backlash over the sophistication of its AI tools.