Has AI Hit a Dead-End?

The coronavirus outbreak caught us off guard. Technology, and particularly the field of AI, fell short of the expectations of investors and policymakers, not because we do not invest enough but because we do not invest effectively. Don't just fund research; fund solutions says Ilan Gur on his MIT Tech Review article "How the US Lost its Way On Innovation". Indeed, although we could use AI to help us prevent, diagnose and maybe treat a disease like COVID-19, half a year after the outbreak in China we only talk about ideas and develop prototypes of what solutions might look like. Moreover, people that seek to capitalize on the public's panic found startups with questionable methodologies and products.