General vs Narrow AI – Hacker Noon

Narrow AI is where we have been. General AI is where we are going. Narrow AI refers to AI which is able to handle just one particular task. A spam filtering tool, or a recommended playlist from Spotify, or even a self-driving car -- all of which are sophisticated uses of technology -- can only be defined via the term'narrow AI'. Even Watson, IBM's media-friendly supercomputer which can beat human experts at Jeopardy!