ROGERS – Here's hoping AI is our friend

ROGERS – Here’s hoping AI is our friend

Siri’s successors will be able to learn. Technology THERE’S A LOT more to artificial intelligence than the impossible-to-beat chess game on your computer. Digital assistants on your smartphone (think Siri, Google Now and Cortana) can figure out how to fulfil many of your wishes, but they are just the start. The original inventors of Siri, for example, have started up a new company devoted to going way beyond their first child’s capabilities. Siri can do whatever it’s programmed to do. The next step, called Viv, will be able to learn and anticipate what you want. But even that feels kind of old. OpenAI, a non-profit research company with a billion dollars in backing, started up this week to explore artificial intelligence and ensure that it is used for humanity’s benefit —…


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