# In an op-ed, Professor Vasant Dhar shares highlights from NYU's symposium on "The Future of Artificial Intelligence"

1 Faculty News March 18, 2016 ![Big Data logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/BigDatalogo.jpg?itok=nslK6dPh)>

Excerpt from [Big Data](http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/big.2016.29004.vda) -- "Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave the opening talk, listing the recent advancements in AI that have enabled capabilities for solving previously intractable problems. He stressed that AI should forge a future that benefits 'the many' instead of 'the few.' Challenges in water purification, synthetic food production, logistics of distribution, and optimal management of supply/demand of energy are some of the areas where our ability to leverage natural flows of data governs our ability to meet our collective needs."

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