AutoAI: Autonomous AI

Abstract

In the AI evolution, a significant and lasting vision and mission has been on designing autonomous AI systems (AutoAI). AutoAI differs significantly from another set of movements on automated machine learning (AutoML) and automated data science (AutoDS), which are often deemed interchangeable with automated AI. AutoML and AutoDS aim to automate some of the analytical and learning tasks, processes, and pipelines. This issue highlights the theme on AutoAI: Autonomous AI with six feature articles. My editorial further clarifies various misconceptions, myths, and pitfalls about the three related and often confused areas: AutoAI, AutoML, and AutoDS. This issue also includes an article on parallel population and human in the column AI Expert, expert-machine collaboration in the column AI Focus, and another article on intelligent mobile spaces and metaverses for the AI and Cyber-Physical-Social Systems (AI-CPSS) department.