Computational Linguistics: "Artificial Intelligence Doesn't Make After Work Plans"

It could be that Richard Socher's operating system just runs with more energy than other people's. He has just flown in from California and his body clock is telling him it's still 4 a.m. Already, though, he has delivered a keynote address, participated in a panel and held a question-and-answer session at the START Summit in St. Gallen, Switzerland, an important innovation conference. Despite all that, he's in a good mood as he poses for the ZEIT ONLINE photographer and later helps carry her flash equipment. He then sits down in a drafty corner of the congress hall for the following three-hour interview. After an hour, he remembers that he hasn't yet eaten today.