"Nobody agrees on what AI is" – How Elsevier's report used AI to define the undefinable

Few innovations are discussed in the same way as artificial intelligence. Governments see it as vital to the future of their security and economy. The media sees it as both savior and existential threat. And academia sees it as something in between: a tool with some very useful applications. Overall, none of these groups seems to agree on what it is. When a team of data analysts at Elsevier set out to analyze the state of play and map the trends of AI research for an in-depth report, they had significant challenges to overcome – not least of which was to decide what AI is.