I remember back when I was young watching IRobot or Terminator and thinking, could that actually happen? Robots taking over the world? Could there actually be a Jarvis like in Iron Man? Could Robert Downey Jr. Actually be Iron Man? Could that movie actually be a documentary?
Artificial Intelligence is just that. Right now somewhere in California (everything cool happens in California) there is millions of dollars pumping into thousands of young minds trying to create Jarvis. IBM has already come out with a robot named Watson who can apparently beat people at Jeopardy. This is such a growing industry that people want to explore that TED has combined with xprize and created a competition to see who can create a robot that can give a TED Talk that is good enough to gain a standing ovation.
This has made huge schools like Stanford and University of Washington offer classes on AI that thousands of students have already taken. Fat cats in the tech industry such as Google's CEO Larry Page, and Mark Zuckerberg are already putting millions of dollars into AI research so that they can start making some profit on it and being the leaders in this almost non-existent industry (for now). They are all hoping that students taking these intensive classes will come together build the next AI that will change the world and help humanity (like Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Mark Zuckerberg).
What do you think about Artificial Intelligence? We here at The Dusty Wahl love to hear what you have to say!
The Dusty Wahl's Words of Wisdom
Move to California, because North Hennepin Community College won't offer this stuff for A WHILE!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/03/25/artificial-intelligence-is-the-next-big-tech-trend-heres-why/
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