Yann LeCun gives an overview of AI and outlines a path toward more general
and complete AI at the January 2017 Asilomar conference organized by the
Future of Life Institute.

The rise of driverless cars and trucks is just a start. New AI techniques
are poised to reinvent everything from manufacturing to healthcare to Wall
Street. In other words, it’s not just blue-collar jobs that AI endangers.

Elon Musk stated that updates regarding his neural lace, which is meant to
augment the human mind, are coming next month. In October, Bryan Johnson
announced a $100 million investment to put computers in our brains. And so,
a race is on to hack human intelligence.

Apple Inc. is set to join the Partnership on AI, an artificial intelligence
research group that includes Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google,
Facebook Inc. and Microsoft Corp.

Google intends to make a range of smart tools available this year. Google’s
range of AI and machine learning technology could enable makers to build
even more powerful projects. To make this happen, Google needs help from
the maker community. Raspberry Pi fans are the best makers around, and it’s
their ideas that will give the tech company direction.

Gary Illyes of Google tells us Google may use machine learning to aggregate
signals together for better search quality, and with RankBrain.

Deep learning-based system could be further developed for smartphones,
increasing access to screening and aiding early detection of cancers.

Andrew Ng, chief scientist at the Chinese company Baidu, explains why
breakthroughs in machine learning will transform countless industries.

Libratus, a smart new computing system, is pushing into new territory for
artificial intelligence.

As AI takes on the primary role of interacting with both your customers and
employees, it must be considered a core competency demanding of C-level
investment and strategy.