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In an op-ed, Professor Vasant Dhar shares highlights from NYU's symposium on "The Future of Artificial Intelligence"
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Excerpt from Big Data -- "Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave the opening talk, listing the recent advancements in AI that have enabled capabilities for solving previously intractable problems. He stressed that AI should forge a future that benefits 'the many' instead of 'the few.' Challenges in water purification, synthetic food production, logistics of distribution, and optimal management of supply/demand of energy are some of the areas where our ability to leverage natural flows of data governs our ability to meet our collective needs."
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