This article is part of Demystifying AI, a series of posts that (try to) disambiguate the jargon and myths surrounding AI. Our Couch Conferences bring together industry experts to discuss what's next Which 10 items sold the most in the past year? From punch cards to keyboards, mice, and touch screens, human-computer interfacing technologies have undergone major changes, and each change has made it easier to make use of computing resources and power. But never have those changes been more dramatic than in the past decade, the period in which artificial intelligence turned from a sci-fi myth to everyday reality. Thanks to the advent of machine learning, AI algorithms that learn by examples, we can talk to Alexa, Siri, Cortana, and Google Assistant, and they can talk back to us.

We believe that AI will be a force multiplier on technological progress in our increasingly digital, data-driven world. This is because everything around us today, ranging from culture to consumer products, is a product of intelligence. In this report, we set out to capture a snapshot of the exponential progress in AI with a focus on developments in the past 12 months. Consider this report as a compilation of the most interesting things we've seen with a goal of triggering an informed conversation about the state of AI and its implication for the future. This edition builds on the inaugural State of AI Report 2018, which can be found here: www.stateof.ai/2018 We consider the following key dimensions in our report: - Research: Technology breakthroughs and their capabilities.