Smart technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning are grabbing headlines every day, and those familiar buzzwords are now inescapable. Algorithms are being enhanced and scientists are coming up with new ways to train and teach these models. According to VentureBeat, machine learning is also shaping business and society. The publication spoke to five leading artificial intelligence experts for their input on what we'd see happen in machine learning in the new year. PyTorch creator Soumith Chintala, University of California professor Celeste Kidd, Google AI chief Jeff Dean, Nvidia director of machine learning research Anima Anandkumar, and IBM Research director Dario Gil said great strides were made in several fields in 2019, like natural language-based models and reinforcement learning, but the five AI experts were essentially unanimous in predicting an even more exciting 2020.