Here’s how to check in on your AI system, as COVID-19 plays havoc

-COVID-19 has disrupted our behaviours, playing havoc with AI systems.

-Subject matter experts, who understand the context in which an AI system is operating, should assess how the COVID-19 crisis may have affected it.

 
MIT Technology Review reported last week that a number of AI systems are breaking down in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Systems designed for tasks ranging from inventory management to recommending online content are no longer working as they should.

The impact of the coronavirus crisis reflects a well-known limitation of AI systems: they do not handle novel situations well. Indeed, two months ago I warned of the challenge of using AI during the COVID-19 crisis. At the time I focused on the difficulty of creating new algorithms to address COVID-19 problems, but this same issue also poses problems for pre-existing AI systems.

Now is the time, therefore, to revisit the AI systems currently deployed in your own organization and assess whether they are still viable in this COVID-19 era.

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Πηγή: weforum.org