Open AccessYear One of the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE: Case Studies in “AI for Good”
Author(s) -
McGregor Sean,
Banifatemi Amir
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ai magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 2371-9621
pISSN - 0738-4602
DOI - 10.1609/aimag.v39i3.2812
Subject(s) - watson , ibm , milestone , competition (biology) , variety (cybernetics) , artificial intelligence , field (mathematics) , computer science , work (physics) , engineering , management , operations research , mathematics , geography , cartography , economics , mechanical engineering , nanotechnology , ecology , materials science , pure mathematics , biology
The IBM Watson AI XPRIZE is a four‐year competition where teams work to improve the world with artificial intelligence. The competition began in 2017 with 148 problem domains in sustainability, artificial general intelligence, education, and a variety of other grand challenge areas. Fifty‐nine teams advanced to the second year of the competition and 10 teams earned special recognition as “milestone nominees.” The properties of the advancing problem domains highlight opportunities and challenges for the “AI for Good” movement. We detail the judging process and highlight preliminary results from cutting the field of competing teams.