Current State of AI in Numbers II
Explore current trends in AI such as the growth of autonomous vehicles, AI mentions in finance and technology sectors, and evolving ethical challenges like fairness and transparency. Understand how nations develop AI strategies and consider AI's role in sustainable development and global progress.
Autonomous Systems
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are one of the most visible and potentially disruptive applications of AI. There are prototypes currently being tested around the world. There are at least twenty-five countries with cities that are testing AVs, with Nordic countries and the Netherlands making big strides in deploying electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and using AVs for logistic supply chain management and Singapore having designated test areas in the metropolis for AVs.
- The total number of miles driven and the total number of companies testing AVs in California has grown over seven-fold between 2015 and2018. In 2018, the State of California licensed testing for over fifty companies and more than five-hundred AVs, which drove over two-million miles.
- At least eighty-nine countries have automatic air defense systems in their arsenal.
Public perception
- Global central bank communications demonstrate a keen interest in AI, especially from the Bank of England, Bank of Japan, and the U.S. Federal