Three experts from Sony AI America recently discussed the future of artificial intelligence and what Sony sees coming in 2022. While some trends seem to be a natural evolution for AI as more companies adopt it, others could address some of the issues we're facing, as the war on COVID wages on. Those who discussed AI trends were: Michael Spranger, COO, of the Sony artificial intelligence team; Alice Xiang, head of AI Ethics Office (Sony Group Corporation) and senior research scientist, AI ethics lead; and Peter Stone, executive director of Sony AI America. Here's what they believe will happen in 2022. AI could well change the way we conceptualize, create and enjoy food.

COVID-19 is literally taking the world's breath away. The viral disease, also known colloquially as corona, which mainly affects the lungs, has now spread across the globe and poses difficult challenges for companies. While in some industries all sales are falling off, others are barely keeping up with the work. But it is precisely the industries that have been hit hard that can use the crisis period to tackle and try out new concepts. The use of artificial intelligence and chatbots is a good way of doing this.

Today, Sony announced a new division at the company to focus exclusively on artificial intelligence that will have offices in Japan, the United States, and Europe. Called Sony AI, the new division will initially begin with three'flagship projects' in gaming, imaging and sensing, and gastronomy. The company hasn't specified what exactly these projects will be but a concept video from Sony shows the company's vision for how AI and robotics will change how people eat in the future. The video shows a long kitchen counter top equipped with multiple robotic arms and camera sensors, which observe a human chopping a vegetable. A human enters the kitchen and begins chopping a vegetable.