Stanford has published a massive 386-page report titled Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2023.
10 key ideas:
- The number of industrial AI models has surpassed the number of academic models.
- The performance improvements of many models have slowed down.
- Artificial intelligence harms the environment.
- Artificial intelligence aids in scientific research.
- The number of incidents related to AI abuse is increasing.
- The number of AI-related job openings is growing across all sectors in the USA.
- Investments in AI have decreased 🤔.
- Companies using artificial intelligence remain market leaders.
- Politicians are paying more attention to AI.
- Citizens of China have a more positive attitude towards AI products and services than Americans.
12 key trends:
- AI has been gaining momentum for several years, with no signs of slowing down.
- AI models are becoming larger and faster.
- Today, new AI models receive millions of times more training iterations than they did 10 years ago.
- Language models have significantly improved over the last 3 years.
- With the increased power of AI models comes greater responsibility. People are using these models for dubious purposes, such as creating fake videos of politicians.
- This metric will continue to grow rapidly until the world learns to adapt to the new possibilities of artificial intelligence.
- Governments are striving to figure out their approach to artificial intelligence.
- The number of new AI-related startups has tripled over the last 10 years.
- If you are starting a company in the AI field, it's best to be in the USA. 🇺🇸
- Now is a great time to have skills in AI.
- Soon, those developing AI will create things that the average American will find horrifying.
- People in China have much more faith in the future of AI.
Full report link: https://aiindex.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/HAI_AI-Index_Report_2023.pdf
