Why Our Education System Can't Keep Up With Artificial Intelligence

In less than five years, artificial intelligence -- AI, as it's commonly known -- has gone from the stuff of science fiction to the forefront of the news, from scientific journals to the strategic plans of the world's biggest companies. It's a coming sea change, one that will disrupt entire parts of our lives by competing with what, until now, was seen as a fundamentally human characteristic: our intelligence. At the same time, he acknowledges that AI -- at least for now -- is "still utterly unintelligent." Recognizing a cat in a picture, a sentence dictated to a smartphone or even a tumor in MRI images is an impressive feat. But the prowess is still limited to very specific uses, Alexandre argues. The real novelty that deep learning had promised to bring about, the futurologist explains, is that machines have now started to learn.