Artificial Intelligence for Artificial Intelligence: Can Artificial Intelligence Create Itself?

Artificial Intelligence has had a major impact in the fourth industrial revolution and has been instrumental in finding scalable solutions to complex problems posed by the United Nations Sustainable Development goals. However, this has not been without challenges. As the adoption of artificial intelligence has grown, we find ourselves in the situation where artificial intelligence has moved out of computer science laboratories and is being used by non-experts. One of the challenges that has emerged as a result of this is the need of expert knowledge when designing artificial intelligence approaches to solve a problem. This has led to computer scientists working in artificial intelligence turning to artificial intelligence as a means of automating this design process in an attempt to make artificial intelligence more accessible to non-experts. The talk firstly provides an overview of artificial intelligence for sustainable development with a focus on innovation in industry, health and well-being and life-long learning. An overview of the design process involved in using artificial intelligence for sustainable development is then presented. The talk then looks at how artificial intelligence can be used to design artificial intelligence for sustainable development. Finally, we answer the question, can artificial intelligence create itself?