2018 in Review: 10 AI Failures

Last December Synced compiled its first "Artificial Intelligence Failures" recap of AI gaffes from the previous year. AI has achieved remarkable progress, and many scientists dream of creating the Master Algorithm proposed by Pedro Domingos -- which can solve all problems envisioned by humans. It's unavoidable however that researchers, fledgling technologies and biased data will also produce blunders not envisioned by humans. That's why a review of AI failures is necessary and meaningful: The aim of the article is not to downplay or mock research and development results, but to take a look at what went wrong with the hope we can do better next time. Traffic police in major Chinese cities are using AI to address jaywalking.