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Apple
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

A co-creator of the tech behind Siri gives his take on where Apple went wrong with its voice assistant

Apple prioritized Siri's visual "look and feel" and a voice-first design over conversational interaction quality, limiting its ability to turn an early lead into modern AI breakthroughs.
Artificial intelligence
fromWIRED
1 month ago

The Man Who Invented AGI

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) denotes machines matching or surpassing human intelligence and its pursuit drives massive investment, geopolitical concern, and major corporate deals.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

AI and the Fight Between Democracy and Autocracy

In 1985, at the tender age of 22, I played against 32 chess computers at the same time in Hamburg, West Germany. Believe it or not, I beat all 32 of them. Those were the golden days for me. Computers were weak, and my hair was strong. Just 12 years later, in 1997, I was in New York City fighting for my chess life against just one machine: a $10 million IBM supercomputer nicknamed Deep Blue.
Artificial intelligence
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