Collaborative Learning: Next great frontiers in AI

The field of machine learning is constantly evolving, sometimes slowly, and at other times we experience the tech equivalent of the Cambrian Explosion with rapid advance that makes a good many data scientists experience a serious case of imposter syndrome. It has only been 8 years since the modern era of deep learning began at the 2012 ImageNet competition. Which novel AI approaches will unlock currently unimaginable possibilities in technology and business? This article highlights emerging areas within AI that are poised to redefine the field -- and society -- in the years ahead. Unsupervised learning more closely mirrors the way that humans learn about the world: through open-ended exploration and inference, without a need for the "training wheels" of supervised learning.