EU Strategy on Artificial Intelligence

The European Commission published on April 25 2018 a Communication outlining the strategy of the EU for Artificial Intelligence. This post looks at the document, its structure and main points. While the first two chapters deal with a general introduction an AI scenarios and Europe's competitive posture in the international landscape (not great), the third part details the way forward the Commission is proposing and it's by far the most interesting. The first instinct, as always, is to throw money at the problem (the problem being Europe is lagging behind in this field, even if the first part of the document does not say it in so many words). So, in the paragraph titles somewhat pompously "Boosting the EU's technological and industrial capacity and AI uptake across the economy" an ambitious program of investments is outlines.