Is Computer Vision Still AI?

Recent general AI conferences show a decline in both the number and the quality of vision papers, whereas there is a great growth and specialization of computer vision conferences. Hence, one might conclude that CV is parting, or has parted, company from AI. This essay proposes that the divorce of CV and AI suggested above is actually an "open marriage", and while CV is developing through its own research agenda, there are many shared areas of interest and many of its key goals, assumptions, and characteristics are also clearly found in AI. Keywords: Computer Vision, Image Processing, subfields of AI It is not easy to infer the relationship between the field of Computer Vision (hereafter abbreviated CV) and Artificial Intelligence (hereafter abbreviated AI) from the external appearances of both fields. Recent general AI conferences show a decline in both the number and the quality of vision papers, whereas there is a great growth and specialization of CV conferences. Some CV or roboti..