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Sunday Sequence - Artificial Intelligence - The Next Phase of Evolution? - BBC Sounds
Is Artificial Intelligence the next phase of evolution? Is Artificial Intelligence the next phase of evolution? Kathy O'Shaughnessy on her novel about George Eliot and Literary Magazines discussed To celebrate the programme's 40th birthday, Cerys Matthews interviews Roger McGough. Wildlife and Arts presenter Lindsey Chapman picks the best of BBC Radio this week.
Open Worlds -- Real Life
Minecraft has sold 176 million copies across all platforms, making it the best-selling video game of all time. I first learned of it in 2013, when its popularity was peaking, just before it was acquired by Microsoft when it bought the indie studio Mojang for $2.5 billion. While surviving against monsters, starvation, other players, and environmental conditions can be part of the game, the main object is to build things. Players extract resources from the environment and combine them to make construction materials, armor, weapons, and more. All the nerdiest boys in my seventh-grade class were obsessed with it; they all wore T-shirts and backpacks with the game's pixelated characters, and I would overhear them making plans to meet up in the game after class.
Why conversational AI will become a c-suite priority in 2020
Conversational artificial intelligence (AI) is on the rise, and both Gartner and Accenture believe the integration of conversational AI will emerge as a top priority for the c-suite by 2020. Conversational AI is a voice assistant that can engage in human-like dialogue, capture context and provide intelligent responses. Examples include Apple Siri, Amazon Alexa and Google Virtual Assistant. Developments in AI in the past few years, including machine learning, natural language processing and image and speech recognition have promoted its use, according to Kenneth Research. A recent Gartner report finds that by 2022, 70% of white-collar workers will interact with conversational platforms on a daily basis.