Artificial IntelligenceDeputy Ministers Briefing 2016

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agenda

What is A.I.?

Applications

Government & A.I.

Policy Thinking

Summary

What is Artificial Intelligence?

ar·ti·fi·cial in·tel·li·gence

no clear definition, but…. it is the application of science & engineering to make machines intelligent.

it is not always about trying to simulate human intelligence, but rather enabling machines to make decisions or assist humans with making decisions.

we don’t full yet understand what “intelligence” is or what it means.

disciplines / branches

Artificial Intelligence

Cognitive Analytics predictive analytics strategic planning

Speech text to speech speech to text

Machine Learning deep learning

Natural Language Processing content extraction classification systems translation question answering

Vision image recognition machine vision

Expert SystemsRobotics cyber-physical manufacturing industry 4.0

Applications

applications

• SmartPhones: Siri, Cortana, Google

• Self-Driving cars

• Product recommendations

• Security & Intelligence

• Shopping (e.g. Amazon Echo)

• Bank fraud alerts

• Smart Home devices (e.g AppleTV

• Insurance risk (consumer, automotive)

Government Using AI non-security intelligence

applications for government

• budget analysis and planning

• basic services (license registration)

• infrastructure planning (deep learning)

• services translation (NLP - bilingual services)

• phone support (speech & expert systems)

Policy Considerations

• impact on free will

• privacy and de-identification

• kill switch

• ethical application

• multicultural considerations

• charter of rights impacts

policy considerations

Concluding

concluding

• industry will invest as long as its profitable

• government needs to be a watchdog

• create a framework for planning

• the cat is out of the bag

• methods for planning and pre-emptive approaches

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