INTERVIEW: "Artificial intelligence will change the economy quite fundamentally" – Rainbird Chairman James Duez - Pivotl

Artificial intelligence (AI) is attracting a lot of attention this year as it moves beyond background automation into consumer-facing roles. Rainbird co-founder and chairman James Duez believes this is just a natural evolution of what's come before. Here he talks about the social impacts of this increasing automation and why a general AI is still a long way off. Can you explain the difference between decision tree bots and the kind of AI Rainbird uses? Decision trees won't learn about me from our interaction and won't be able to take new questions in context. It will not understand the question, "What if I turn GPS off?" if my first question was how to make my phone battery last longer.