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Stephen Ma has every right to claim bragging rights for helping to hatch the world's most popular online mapping platform. Instead, for the past two decades Ma, one of the four co-founders of Google Maps, has buried himself in a big black hole of anonymity. But not because of any shame or regret – it's just that he isn't one to blow his own trumpet. "I tend to be a very private person," Ma says in a rare interview. "I find the limelight uncomfortable."

I distinctly remember the first time I used MapQuest. I was in high school, and after years of watching my dad plan family road trips using our trusted Rand McNally Road Atlas, MapQuest was a revelation. All I had to do was type in my destination and print out the turn-by-turn directions, down to the tenth of a mile. No more having to look for random landmarks or ask strangers for directions. My route was automatically prepared for me.

There is a lot of hype for the accomplishments of Artificial Intelligence. Nextbigfuture keeps you up to date about the achievements made in AI. Two hours ago Nextbigfuture published what IBM has done with AI. We marveled at our own magnificence…. Waze and Google Maps use a lot of Artificial Intelligence and real-time updates to provide the best driving instructions.