Last week, experts from the AI world came together for the Artificial Intelligence Conference at San Francisco to discuss insights, opportunities, challenges and trends related to the rapidly expanding field of AI. The conference included hands-on trainings, tutorials, startup showcase (which was won by PipelineAI), keynotes, sessions, expo, and social events. Here is my report on Key Takeaways from AI Conference in San Francisco 2017 – Day 1. Michael Jordan, Distinguished Professor, UC Berkeley gave his keynote on "How to escape saddle points efficiently". We are in a great time with regards to AI and Machine Learning, due to immense interest and the pace of technological advances. However, the theories and our understanding is lagging to keep up with the challenges.

Last week, experts from the AI world came together for the Artificial Intelligence Conference at San Francisco to discuss insights, opportunities, challenges and trends related to the rapidly expanding field of AI. The conference included hands-on trainings, tutorials, startup showcase (which was won by PipelineAI), keynotes, sessions, expo, and social events. Rana el Kaliouby, Co-founder and CEO, Affectiva gave the opening keynote on "The inevitable merger of IQ and EQ in technology". She shared her bold vision of making machines "emotion-aware" through understanding human emotions, gestures, conversations, facial expressions and tone of voice. As we design AI products and services, we need to embed in them not just high IQ but also high EQ, because emotions are a big part of human life.

Experts from across the AI world came together for the Artificial Intelligence Conference in San Francisco. Below you'll find links to highlights from the event. Tim O'Reilly says the algorithms that shape our economy must be rewritten if we want to create a more human-centered future. Rana el Kaliouby lays out a vision for an emotion-enabled world of technology. Andrew Ng shares his thoughts on where the biggest opportunities in AI may lie.

The Thirty-First AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-17) was held February 4–9 in San Francisco, California. The purpose of the AAAI conference is to promote research in artificial intelligence (AI) and scientific exchange among AI researchers, practitioners, scientists, and engineers in affiliated disciplines.