Abstract

Everyone has a view on artificial intelligence (AI) these days: scientists, policy makers, lawyers, engineers, journalists, consultants, and even artists. For a relatively young researcher in the field, this may seem like a welcome sign: after all, isn’t public and government interest a sure-shot sign, as any, of increased funding and opportunities?
While this excitement can be heady, it has the unfortunate consequence of subjecting the field and its advancement to a degree of speculation that is not always supported by the evidence. I do not dispute that speculation, and its more creative cousin, imagination, can have intrinsic value; they prepare us for what might lie ahead, and they can be sources of inspiration for new ideas and modes of thought. At the same time, for both industry and government to make sound decisions and rationally allocate resources, it is important to be able to separate fact-based trends from pure …

Date

2022

Authors

Mayank Kejriwal

Publisher

Springer International Publishing AG