2023 is looking likely to be a breakout year for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Some industry-watchers predict that recent breakthroughs in AI might lead to a new revolution in society akin to the industrial revolution, the invention of the internet, or the advent of the smartphone. Yet, 2023 doesn’t mark the invention of AI—just the year it went viral thanks to OpenAI’s ChatGPT technology.
10 years ago, it would be ridiculous for people to believe that someday they would be able to use their faces to unlock their phones. That’s because it had been extremely difficult to create cartoon characters without profound drawing skills – but now we can easily turn photos into cartoon characters. Struggling with parallel parking? No worries, because self-parking systems are becoming standard equipment in vehicles.
Deep learning has become a buzzword in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years. It has achieved impressive results in a variety of tasks, including image and speech recognition, natural language processing, and even playing games.
The cost of DNA sequencing continues to decline exponentially. With the average cost of sequencing mammalian DNA hovering around $1,000 in the beginning of 2023, startups like Ultima Genomics and Illumina are working to decrease the cost to between $100-$200. That’s about the same as a new pair of Brooks running shoes! As the sequencing cost drops, the quantity of genetic data to study and analyze explodes, making it even more important to leverage machine learning techniques.
