AI POWERED PERSONAL

ASSISTANTSSavannah Boettcher

" THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THE COMPANY THAT CAN MAKE A PERSONAL ASSISTANT SOMETHING LIKE A GOOD HOTEL CONCIERGE: SOMEONE YOU CAN HAVE A SOPHISTICATED DIALOGUE WITH, GET HIGH QUALITY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM AND WHO WILL THEN TAKE CARE OF EVERY ASPECT OF BOOKING AN EVENING OUT FOR YOU."

-Zoë Corbyn from The Guardian

AMY X.Ai – artificially intelligent business solutions Focused on scheduling meetings for you To use, copy Amy into original email between you and business partner

Amy continues the conversation until meeting is confirmed and added to calendar

“Amy Ingram | Personal Assistant tox.ai- artificial intelligence that schedules meetings”

M Developed by Facebook from Wit.ai tech

Accessible through Messenger app Free with Facebook account Powered by a combination team of artificial intelligence and actual people (hybrid)

Examples of services: Make restaurant reservations & purchase gifts

Suggest, then book, weekend getaways Call cable company to set up wifi or cancel HBO

Intent to bring users back to Facebook

Learns from human behaviors

CORTANA Developed by Microsoft Available on all Windows 10 devices Voice activated Relies entirely on technology Main purpose is to help you organize your personal life Location-based reminders, time-based reminders, people-based reminders

Will fight back against harassment http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/microsoft-cortana-sexual-harassment/

VIV Current project from the team who developed and sold Siri

Voice controlled personal assistant with “odd flashes of personality”

Will be integrated into everything from phones to fridges to cars

Designed to be compatible with all networks, applications, services

Programmed to program itself Elements of learning – adapts to your preferences “Anywhere you see it will mean you can talk to that thing” – Kittlaus, CEO

How do you think this kind of technology will advance in the next couple years?How does this relate to us as IS developers?

Topics for Discussion

SOURCES http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/31/viv-artificial-intelligence-wants-to-run-your-life-siri-personal-assistants

http://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/the-future-is-here-meet-amy-the-artificially-intelligent-personal-assistant.html

http://www.wired.com/2015/08/facebook-launches-m-new-kind-virtual-assistant/

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mobile/experiences/cortana/ http://hothardware.com/news/microsofts-cortana-wont-put-up-with-sexual-harassment