Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, soon to be reorganized as Alphabet, don’t get us started on that, says artificial intelligence needs to focus on real-world problems faced by humans.
“In order for AI to fulfil its long-term potential for society, we need to direct research even more toward real-world messiness: how do you help someone plan a last-minute great vacation when they’ve got limited budget, two picky kids, and only a few days to squeeze it into?”
Writing use cases is indeed the right way to build new products, so we give a thumbs up to this idea.
In addition to being a proponent for Agile methodology, though, Schmidt takes a great glancing swipe at Apple and its new music service, saying Ai could bolster discoverability pair you picky humans with music you’ll like, as opposed to an outdated approach in which you hire elitist experts to pick music for you. Curation, bad. Algorithms, good.
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