Please construct a list of the top 20 most popular articles on Artificial Intelligence in 2017, along with popularity statistics.

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Please construct a list of the top 20 most popular articles on Artificial Intelligence in 2017, along with popularity statistics.

The most popular 2017 articles on artificial intelligence include overviews of the technology and its subsections, opinion pieces on the risks and opportunities associated with AI, interviews with famous people revolving around the topic, and news about recent advancements or most interesting applications of AI. The most trending issue, repeated in many of the most shared pieces, was Facebook shutting down its artificial intelligence after it developed its own language. Below you will find a deep dive of my methodology and findings.

METHODOLOGY

I looked into different possible metrics for measuring the popularity of articles. As views or reads could only be determined for specific websites, I chose the number of shares as the main criterion.

Most tools for finding trending content are either paid or offer a limited number of results in the free versions. To compile the list of 20 most popular articles, I combined the free results from Buzzsumo and Social Animal.

I excluded articles that are almost identical to another position on the list. For example, there were several pieces on Facebook shutting down its AI, but they didn't provide added value to the one from The Epoch Times. Therefore, I assumed they won't be useful for you.

I provided you with the overall number of shares of each article, as well as statistics for three key social media platforms. Please note that both Buzzsumo and Social Animal only give rounded numbers.

1. Facebook Shut Down AI After It Invented Its Own Language

Total number of shares: 400,000
Facebook shares: 300,000
Twitter shares: 839
LinkedIn shares: 38,000

2. Elon Musk launches Neuralink

Total number of shares: 200,000
Facebook shares: 69,000
Twitter shares: 76,000
LinkedIn shares: 8,100

3. The robot that takes your job should pay taxes, says Bill Gates

Total number of shares: 132,400
Facebook shares: 116,100
Twitter shares: 10,100
LinkedIn shares: 6,100

4. A VISUAL INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE LEARNING

Total number of shares: 110,000
Facebook shares: 33,000
Twitter shares: 79,000
LinkedIn shares: 12,000

5. Inside the Poker AI That Out-Bluffed the Best Humans

Total number of shares: 105,000
Facebook shares: 5,000
Twitter shares: 100,000
LinkedIn shares: 1,800

6. Google unveils AI that learns on its own

Total number of shares: 98,000
Facebook shares: 8,900
Twitter shares: 89,000
LinkedIn shares: 49

7. U.S. weighs restricting Chinese investment in artificial intelligence

Total number of shares: 88,000
Facebook shares: 0
Twitter shares: 88,000
LinkedIn shares: 4

8. DEEP LEARNING IS GOING TO TEACH US ALL THE LESSON OF OUR LIVES

Total number of shares: 87,000
Facebook shares: 84,000
Twitter shares: 21
LinkedIn shares: 2,500

9. The meaning of life in a world without work

Total number of shares: 85,500
Facebook shares: 76,900
Twitter shares: 4,300
LinkedIn shares: 4,200

10. AI pioneer calls for the breakup of Big Tech

Total number of shares: 84,000
Facebook shares: 1,300
Twitter shares: 82,000
LinkedIn shares: 406

12. The Dark Secret at the Heart of AI

Total number of shares: 83,300
Facebook shares: 63,200
Twitter shares: 12,700
LinkedIn shares: 7,200

11. New AI can work out whether you're gay or straight from a photograph

Total number of shares: 76,000
Facebook shares: 73,000
Twitter shares: 2,300
LinkedIn shares: 522

13. Putin says the nation that leads in AI ‘will be the ruler of the world’

Total number of shares: 64,000
Facebook shares: 16,000
Twitter shares: 46,000
LinkedIn shares: 2,300

14. PaveAI unveils AI-powered platform for Google Analytics

Total number of shares: 59,000
Facebook shares: 224
Twitter shares: 59,000
LinkedIn shares: 86

15. Barack Obama Talks AI, ROBO CARS

Total number of shares: 52,000
Facebook shares: 42,000
Twitter shares: 1
LinkedIn shares: 10,000

16. Japanese company replaces office workers with AI

Total number of shares: 51,000
Facebook shares: 39,000
Twitter shares: 176
LinkedIn shares: 11,000

17. Top 10 Hot AI Technologies

Total number of shares: 47,800
Facebook shares: 10,200
Twitter shares: 32,600
LinkedIn shares: 4,900

18. Will Democracy Survive Big Data and AI?

Total number of shares: 33,000
Facebook shares: 19,000
Twitter shares: 14,000
LinkedIn shares: 244

19. AI and the Future of Search Engines

Total number of shares: 27,000
Facebook shares: 81
Twitter shares: 27,000
LinkedIn shares: 1

20. Musk: 'AI Is the Greatest Risk We Face as a Civilization'

Total number of shares: 24,000
Facebook shares: 21,000
Twitter shares: 131
LinkedIn shares: 2,900

CONCLUSION

In conclusion, the most popular 2017 articles on artificial intelligence range from opinion pieces about risks and opportunities that come with AI and overviews of the technology to news about recent advancements and most interesting applications. Political issues associated with AI, as well as interviews with famous people who share their view on it, are also trending types of content. News about Facebook shutting down its AI after it developed its own language is the most shared piece on the topic in 2017.

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