AI in 2018 Review; What to Expect in 2019

The year 2018 saw unprecedented growth in new AI research, the emergence of numerous real-world AI implementation challenges; and an increasing number of countries following in the footsteps of the US and China by committing to ambitious national AI strategies. The AI community was also forced to deal with the thorny issue of data usage restrictions as concerns about AI safety and privacy also rippled around the globe. To welcome 2019 with some fresh AI insights, Synced posed three questions to forty researchers and experts at last month's NeurIPS 2018 conference in Montréal, Canada. Younes Zerouali, Research Scientist at Stradigi ai GAN is gaining more and more attention. It was a rising trend a few years ago, but now it's booming.