Artificial intelligence – the European approach to AI

Khalil Rouhana, Deputy Director-General of the European Commission's DG CONNECT, spoke on artificial intelligence at Imagine Digital Connect Europe (ICT) 2018 which SciTech Europa attended in December, 2018 in Vienna, Austria. During his speech, Rouhana touched on the upcoming plans for its development and evolution. Rouhana started by reflecting on AI's journey so far and referred to the idea that "we all know the mountain, the uphill/downhill development of artificial intelligence, but today AI is here to stay." He then followed this on by explaining that that "AI is the normal and natural development of digital systems. We make them smarter as we embed smart systems in all types of products and services, which make them more antonymous whilst bringing us additional functionalities, security and safety."