How deep learning and artificial intelligence power Comcast's voice remote

Comcast's vice president of AI product, Jeanine Heck, speaks with TechRepublic's Tonya Hall about the success of an AI voice remote product, integrated with deep learning. The following is an edited transcript of the interview. Tonya Hall: It's push to talk, and not always listening. Jeanine Heck: Thank you, Tonya. Hall: So, what is your role entail, exactly? Heck: My role is really to be a product manager, and that entails working with the engineering team to ensure that we're building products that are valuable to our customers, and so it's important for me in my role to understand the customers needs, how they use our products today, how they may want to use our products tomorrow, and also making sure that the products are very competitive in the marketplace.