3 ways AI is making your life easier

Unless you work in computer science, chances are artificial intelligence (AI) still seems like a vaguely sci-fi-ish phenomenon. But the reality is that AI is already working its way into our daily lives through the apps and business services we use. Think of your smartphone as tomorrow's AI platform today, and the services you use (from banking and transportation to marketing and medical care) as extensions of AI "brains" in the cloud that will get smarter and more intuitive every day. Google's new AutoDraw, a product of its AI Experiments lab, combines your rudimentary artistic skills with computer vision to try to figure out what you're trying to sketch -- with your mouse on a desktop screen, or with your finger on a tablet or smartphone -- and instantly upgrades your doodling to a perfect little line drawing. "We hope AutoDraw will help make drawing and creating a little more accessible and fun for everyone," the Google team behind it says.