Here are the major obstacles to robot servants that AI scientists are trying to solve

AI systems already display vision, language and controlled motor skills, but researchers are looking to answer the question: 'When will we have robots that can do housework, communicate in natural language conversations and defend themselves against discrimination?' At the global artificial intelligence conference IJCAI-ECAI 2018 held in Stockholm, Sweden, AI experts and research students from top universities around the world came together to discuss the state of AI as it stands today, and where we are headed in the not-so-distant future. "There won't be a Big AI Bang where complete AI systems suddenly surround us in the next year," says Christian Guttmann, Executive Director of the Nordic Artificial Intelligence Institute, "Instead, we will see more and more AI features being included in our products and services." Most researchers are in agreement – artificial intelligence will not become ubiquitous in a day. "The truth is, that despite tremendous advances in AI technologies, we are still far from having robot maids," according to Joyce Chai, Director of the Language and Interaction Research Group at Michigan State University.