When the World Needed It Most, Artificial Intelligence Failed: How COVID-19 Poked Holes in AI

COVID-19 triggered a wave of US government spending never seen before. IN 2020 total research and development spending rose in response to the need for technology to fight COVID-19. This rapid increase in funds was available to researchers around the United States and artificial intelligence was no exception. The massive influx of public funds into AI research was supplemented with private funding from companies like Microsoft and C3.ai [2]. If money solves problems and creates opportunities then surely AI would have improved health outcomes.