This Startup Is Teaching Machines To Think, Reason, And Communicate Like Us

While AI is getting powerful very quickly, and more and more jobs are threatened with automation, we are not yet at the point of science fiction where we are communicating as equals with robots. Sure, some robots already understand the concepts of trust and regret, but machines can't yet think, reason, or communicate at an advanced level. Microsoft's Tay Bot--which tried to learn humanity from reading Twitter and quickly became an angry racist--serves as a clear example of the limitations of today's technology. She can can give you the weather forecast for your zip code but can't describe her feelings on mass incarceration or even comb through the fine print of that contract you've been asked to sign. Teaching machines to think, and behave, more like us is what Mo Musbah and the team at Maluuba are working on.