The Role Of Artificial Intelligence And Language

Salome Sigurjonsdottir, 10, tests a voice-controlled television in an electronics store in Reykjavik on April 15, 2017. Sales assistant Einar Dadi said none of his TVs understood Icelandic. The revered Icelandic language, seen by many as a source of identity and pride, is being undermined by the widespread use of English both for mass tourism and in the voice-controlled artificial intelligence devices coming into vogue. Joseph Reger, Fujitsu Fellow, and Chief Technical Officer EMEIA, Fujitsu says that 2018 will be the rise of ubiquitous virtual assistants. He predicts that over the course of the year, we'll see an increase in the number of virtual assistants and chatbots, but that by 2020 consumers won't even know that their interface isn't human.