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Oded Cohn, VP, Director of IBM Research – Haifa Lab cohn@il..com AI is the new IT: Evidence of the signal - Annually published AI papers by Region

Source: Elsevier (Scopus)

(From the Index – 2018 Annual Report) AI Foundations General AI The evolution of AI Revolutionary Broad AI Disruptive and pervasive We are here

2050 and beyond

Narrow AI True neuro-AI Emerging Cross-domain learning Learning + reasoning and reasoning

Single-task, single-domain, Multi-task, multi-domain, Broad with superhuman accuracy multi-modal autonomy

Requires large amounts Learns with Wisdom of an AI crowd of labeled data much less data Research is creating the future of broad AI Advancing AI Scaling AI Trusting AI

Powering advances in Novel technologies Novel techniques to perception, reasoning and across the computing stack instrument key dimensions understanding to help AI and along the full lifecycle that of trust and enable AI address complex make AI faster, easier and able solutions that inspire human-like tasks. to scale to larger and more confidence. complex problems. Trusting AI The pillars of trust

Is it fair? Is it easy to understand? Is it secure? Is it accountable?

Fairness Explainability Adversarial Robustness Transparency Building more trustworthy AI systems is not only a research question, it’s a business imperative! Scaling AI Accelerating and de-risking AI creation and deployment

Operationalizing Trust

Prepare Data Train Test & Refine Deploy Monitor & Analyze

Continuous Improvement of the KPI

Hummer et al., “ModelOps: Cloud-based Lifecycle Management for Reliable and Trusted AI”, IC2E 2019a AI for AI

We use to automate AI model improvement. Advancing AI

9 Advancing AI Advancing the field of AI through grand challenges

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1992 2019 Decisions Beyond current technology Essential for Business

In a world filled with complex problems, Debating and arguing are far more open- Project Debater pushes the frontiers of AI a wealth of information and a culture of ended activities to facilitate intelligent debate so we can misinformation, it is critical that we build build well-informed arguments and make fact-based, persuasive arguments Question Answering provides only factual better decisions. through deeper exploration of ideas. information Search Engines will take you half the way

In debate there is no natural scoring function

11 What the world is saying The technologies that power Project Debater

Data-driven speech writing Listening comprehension Modeling human dilemmas and delivery The ability to identify the key Modeling the world of human Debater is the first concepts/claims hidden in long controversy and dilemmas in a demonstration of a computer continuous spoken language. unique knowledge graph, that can digest massive Compared to conventional AI enabling the system to suggest corpora, and given a short systems, which typically listen principled arguments as description of a controversial and respond to simple needed topic, write a well-structured commands articulated via speech, and deliver it with individual concise sentences clarity and purpose

13 Project Debater Speech by Crowd – digest users arguments to support or contest a controversial topic. Project Debater Speech by Crowd ibm.co/sbc Key Takeaways

• You fail quickly, and learn fast with AI • AI doesn’t replace us; it makes us better • Human-Imitative AI isn't the Right Goal • Future? “the wisdom of AI crowd’? • Interconnected network of agents and data, assisting decisions? ® [email protected] References in this document to IBM products, programs, or services does not imply that IBM intends to make such products, programs or services available in all countries in which Notices and disclaimers IBM operates or does business. Workshops, sessions and associated materials may have been prepared by independent session speakers, and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM. All materials and © 2019 International Business Machines Corporation. No part of this document may be discussions are provided for informational purposes only, and are neither intended to, nor reproduced or transmitted in any form without written permission from IBM. shall constitute legal or other guidance or advice to any individual participant or their specific U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights — use, duplication or disclosure restricted by situation. GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM. It is the customer’s responsibility to insure its own compliance with legal requirements and to Information in these presentations (including information relating to products that have obtain advice of competent legal counsel as to the identification and interpretation of any not yet been announced by IBM) has been reviewed for accuracy as of the date of relevant laws and regulatory requirements that may affect the customer’s business and any initial publication and could include unintentional technical or typographical errors. IBM actions the customer may need to take to comply with such laws. IBM does not provide legal shall have no responsibility to update this information. This document is distributed “as is” advice or represent or warrant that its services or products will ensure that the customer without any warranty, either express or implied. In no event, shall IBM be liable for any follows any law. damage arising from the use of this information, including but not limited to, loss of Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from the suppliers of those products, data, business interruption, loss of profit or loss of opportunity. IBM products and their published announcements or other publicly available sources. IBM has not tested services are warranted per the terms and conditions of the agreements under which they those products about this publication and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance, are provided. compatibility or any other claims related to non-IBM products. IBM products are manufactured from new parts or new and used parts. Questions on the capabilities of non-IBM products should be addressed to the suppliers of In some cases, a product may not be new and may have been previously installed. those products. IBM does not warrant the quality of any third-party products, or the ability of Regardless, our warranty terms apply.” any such third-party products to interoperate with IBM’s products. IBM expressly disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of Any statements regarding IBM's future direction, intent or product plans are subject to merchantability and fitness for a purpose. change or withdrawal without notice. The provision of the information contained herein is not intended to, and does not, grant any Performance data contained herein was generally obtained in a controlled, right or license under any IBM patents, copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual isolated environments. Customer examples are presented as illustrations of how those property right. customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved. Actual performance, cost, savings or other results in other operating environments may vary. IBM, the IBM logo, ibm.com and [names of other referenced IBM products and services used in the presentation] are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation, registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. Other product and service names might be trademarks of IBM or other companies. A current list of IBM trademarks is available on the Web at “Copyright and trademark information” at: www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml.

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