Artificial Intelligence technology is able to outperform humans in an array of specialized tasks, but AI systems would have to advance significantly to fully match human intellectual capabilities, Subbarao Kambhampati told a large audience at Singapore Management University. Kambhampati, former president of the international Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, delivered an address titled “Rise of AI and The Challenges of Human-Aware AI Systems.” He said the next big step toward enabling humans to work effectively with AI systems is to find ways of giving the technology more sophisticated social and emotional intelligence.

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