Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving out of the lab and becoming a technological “force multiplier” in an ever-widening range of real-world cases, including drug development, healthcare, energy, logistics and defence, according to the latest State of AI report.
Analysis
October 12, 2021
Artificial intelligence is becoming a 'force multiplier' — for good and bad
Some of the military applications of AI that are being developed are “pretty terrifying,” says Ian Hogarth in the State of AI report.
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