What we can learn about AI from developments at Google's DeepMind

The algorithm, which is able to match (and exceed) the accuracy of eye specialists with decades of experience, does more than just signpost the state of AI in 2019. It also highlights the priorities of AI developers going forward, as DeepMind have made it clear that'it will not just offer diagnoses, but also be able to explain how it arrived at the conclusion, and how certain it is of the result.' Explainable AI, then, is at the forefront of the latest developments in the field, and a necessary accompaniment as the technology begins to match - and advance beyond - human capability.