10 AI Predictions For 2022

Prediction #6: Collaboration and investment will all but cease between American and Chinese actors ... [ ] in the field of AI. Language is humanity's most important invention. More than any other attribute, it is the defining hallmark of our species' intelligence. The ability to accurately automate language therefore opens up virtually unbounded opportunities for value creation. The field of natural language processing (NLP) has been upended and turbocharged in the past few years by a foundational new technology known as transformers, first introduced by Google researchers in a 2017 paper.