AI Magazine October 2022 | Page 22

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to confess what you don ’ t know , you will learn . And in the workplace , it is at times learning by trial and error . There is no playbook that determines continued and sustained success every time . But the core of why I chose to get into the field is to take all these skills and apply it to all communities ; that is , apply AI in the socio-technical context – a term coined by the National Institutes of Science and Technology ( NIST ) in the US . While NIST applies this sociotechnical approach in the context of reducing bias in AI , the practical application of AI , is a universal platform that promotes publicprivate partnerships , enabling people and organisations across the globe to reach their goals .
Q . WHAT KEY TRENDS DO YOU SEE EMERGING IN AI IN THE COMING YEARS ?

» As I scour market trend reports , review competitive intelligence and disruptors in the field , some key emerging trends in AI have been around for a while and are in the second iteration of exploring further capabilities . These include : language models , where machine learning determines how phrases , sentences and paragraphs are related , ingesting large amounts of texts and building a statistical model ; bias removal in machine learning ; natural language processing ( NLP ), which has already revolutionised how humans interact with machines through understanding the meaning of text

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