More Than Powering Robots, AI Is About Connecting People AGE OF ROBOTS Magazine

I can have a much more meaningful interaction with someone sitting across the table from me than I can with a massive group of people, spread out all over the world, using one message. As social media and technology "connect us" in new ways, we're being driven apart by those messages. Just consider the increasing political divisiveness around the world, at least partially the result of people misunderstanding or talking-past each other. Artificial intelligence promises a lot: self-driving cars, more complex automation, leaps in medical research. Many of these are, however, still far from realization.