This presentation was provided by Todd Carpenter of NISO during the Frankfurt Book Fair. His talk was given on October 16, 2020.

1. Will a Google of AIs
Transform the Future of
Communications?
Todd A. Carpenter, Executive Director
NISO - National Information Standards Organization
Charleston @ Frankfurt Panel
October 16, 2020

2. Artificial
Intelligence
in 8 Minutes

3. Supervised Learning Models
Bayesian Probabilities
Markov Chains
Natural Language Processing
Generative Adversarial Networks
Neural Network Nodes
Dimensionality Regression
Random Walk Process
Don‘t Worry! Things I Won’t Be Talking About:

4. AI today is an algorithmic, statistical
approach to problem-solving powered
by rapid replication of a process that is
based on an explicit understanding of
the desired outcome.

5. AI today is an algorithmic, statistical
approach to problem-solving powered
by rapid replication of a process that is
based on an explicit understanding of
the desired outcome.

7. Machines don’t read like people do
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8. Machines don’t think like people do
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9. Machines aren’t as smart as you might think
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10. Wisdom
Processing
Analysis
Connection
Storage
Recall
Input
Recognition
Output

11. Wisdom
Processing
Analysis
Connection
Storage
Recall
Input
Recognition
Output
Creativity
Consideration
Processing
Awareness
Perception

12. Wisdom
Processing
Analysis
Connection
Storage
Recall
Input
Recognition
Output
Creativity
Consideration
Processing
Awareness
Perception
Machine Reading
Digitization/OCR/Tagging
Discovery
Graph building/taxonomy
Thesis Testing/Validation
Protocol Development
Big Data processing
Data curation/matching
Fraud detection
Editing/Curation
Novel Creation

13. Wisdom
Processing
Analysis
Connection
Storage
Recall
Input
Recognition
Output
Creativity
Consideration
Processing
Awareness
Perception
Machine Reading
Digitization/OCR/Tagging
Discovery
Graph building/taxonomy
Thesis Testing/Validation
Protocol Development
Big Data processing
Data curation/matching
Fraud detection
Editing/Curation
Novel Creation

14. Machine Reading
Digitization/OCR/Tagging
Discovery
Graph building/taxonomy
Thesis Testing/Validation
Protocol Development
Big Data processing
Data curation/matching
Fraud detection
Editing/Curation
Novel Creation
Widely &
successfully
deployed
Mixed
deployment to
varying degrees
Preliminary
testing/deployment
Not available

15. Despite Successes, Problems Abound
Legal and Policy Frameworks
Current copyright law is ill suited for an AI world
Most policy makers are not sufficiently technical
Lack of transparency is leading to a lack of trust
Privacy and Ethics
Biases in training or algorithm development compound issues

16. Machines aren’t as smart as you might think
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17. Thank you!
Todd Carpenter
Executive Director
tcarpenter@niso.org
2019 NISO Introduction
3600 Clipper Mill Road
Suite 302
Baltimore, MD 21211 USA
Tel.: (301) 654-2512
Fax: (410) 685-5278
www.niso.org
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