What the Near Future of Artificial Intelligence Could Be

In this chapter, I look into the possible developments of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the near future and identify two likely trends: (a) a shift from historical to synthetic data; and (b) a translation of difficult tasks (in terms of abilities) into complex ones (in terms of computation). I then argue that (a) and (b) will be pursued as development strategies of AI solutions whenever and as far as they are...