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A group of academics and technology experts have embarked on a study to find out how life will be in 2030 with the huge developments in Artificial Intelligence. Although these advances in technology will create some new challenges, however it looks like that there will be a lot more of benefits to gain from.

The report entitled "Artificial Intelligence and Life in 2030" forms part of The Stanford University's One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence. It is the first part from a series which will be published at regular intervals. In this study, experts focused on studying eight particular sectors which are most likely to be affected by Artificial Intelligence by the year 2030. These are namely transportation; service robots; healthcare; education; low-resource communities; public safety and security; employment and entertainment.

The report analysed the progress that has been made in each sector during the last 15 years and tried to foresee the expected developments in the next 15 years. The report also gave recommendations that governments acquire more technical expertise about Artificial Intelligence and related resources; so that research is made on these systems and on the impacts they will have on society, security and privacy.

Furthermore, these scientists concluded that unlike what we see in fictional movies, Artificial Intelligence will not be a threat to humankind. The experts explain that no machines have yet been invented with intent to hurt humans in order to sustain them.

However, the report explains that with the development of Artificial Intelligence, we will be presented with new challenges. These challenges will namely affect the economy and society in general. For this reason, the experts suggest that policy makers make balanced decisions which will neither be detrimental to the economy nor to society at large. They also encourage researchers, developers and social scientists to face these challenges without fear and suspicion so that they do not slow down the development of Artificial Intelligence.

The full report, which addresses in detail the specific sectors, can be downloaded from the link https://ai100.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/ai_100_report_0831fnl.pdf