Key Takeaways from AI Conference in San Francisco 2017 – Day 2

Last week, experts from the AI world came together for the Artificial Intelligence Conference at San Francisco to discuss insights, opportunities, challenges and trends related to the rapidly expanding field of AI. The conference included hands-on trainings, tutorials, startup showcase (which was won by PipelineAI), keynotes, sessions, expo, and social events. Here is my report on Key Takeaways from AI Conference in San Francisco 2017 – Day 1. Michael Jordan, Distinguished Professor, UC Berkeley gave his keynote on "How to escape saddle points efficiently". We are in a great time with regards to AI and Machine Learning, due to immense interest and the pace of technological advances. However, the theories and our understanding is lagging to keep up with the challenges.