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AI is the New UX

Jeff MauIXDA at DigitasLBiSpring 2016

In Terminator (1983), robots controlled by Skynet are out to get us

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Meet Atlas, the robot from Boston Dynamics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY


In Star Wars (1973), C3PO is the ultimate knowledge assistant


http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibmwatson/

IBMs Watson is repeatedly outsmarting humans


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P18EdAKuC1U

In Star Trek (1966 present), it is routine to video chat with aliens

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http://www.skype.com/en/translator-preview/

Skype Translator enables multi-language conversations in real time


In Her (2013), Theodore falls in love with his operating system


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/science/for-sympathetic-ear-more-chinese-turn-to-smartphone-program.html?smid=nytnow-share&smprod=nytnow&_r=0

Microsofts Xiaoice is a text messaging girlfriend


In Knight Rider (1982), KITT is a selfdriving car


http://www.google.com/selfdrivingcar/

Googles selfdriving car


Science Fiction is Becoming Reality


What is AI, really?


The theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages.

A Definition of Artificial Intelligence



Image Recognition of faces and objects





Voice Recognition using speech to text




Machine Learning using Neural Networks


Voice Recognition using speech to text



Narrow Intelligence

General Intelligence

Super Intelligence

Complete specialized tasks

Automate processing of huge amounts of data


http://yosinski.com/deepvis

Deep visualization is learning new objects without instruction


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgkfIQ4IGaM

http://www.amazon.com/echo

Voice recognition is the natural way to engage with computers


http://www.r2d3.us/visual-intro-to-machine-learning-part-1/

Machine learning makes the decisions


Designing with AI


Content Types

What data do you have to work with?

Big Data is a must

A framework for designing with AI


Content Types

Conditions+


Big Data is a must

What triggers the computation?

If this, then that...



Content Types

Conditions Decisions to make

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Big Data is a must



What answers do you want which cant be made on your own?

Anticipation of human needs



Content Types


Define Boundaries

+++


Big Data is a must





What is the focus of your activity?

Ethical Considerations



Content Types


Define Boundaries

Desired Outcome

=+++


Big Data is a must





What is the focus of your activity?

Ethical Considerations



http://torch.ch

Some Facebook algorithms have gone open source


https://cloud.google.com/products/machine-learning/

Google offers cloud-based machine learning services


http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibmwatson/developercloud/

IBM Watson offers an API


https://aws.amazon.com/machine-learning/

Amazon Web Services offers an API


http://gallery.azureml.net

Microsoft Azure Cloud Services offers an API


http://torch.ch

Apache Hadoop is an open source solution for handling big data


http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?FT=D&date=20100602&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP&CC=EP&NR=2192754A1&KC=A1

You may need to create our own algorithms


Real-world designs with AI


CEDIM visits Motorola: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153451592359288&set=a.18090404287.23736.706684287&type=1&theater

Facebook recognizes our faces and also our interests


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

Facebook is training their new AI with humans


http://www.telenav.com/products/scout/

Navigation that adapts routes based on real-time traffic conditions


http://www.fastcoexist.com/3058300/this-japanese-novel-authored-by-a-computer-is-scarily-well-written

Machine written novels are starting to win literary awards


https://thegrid.io

The Grid designs website layouts for you


http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/11/10965414/autonomous-drones-deep-learning-navigation-mapping

Drones can see, detect objects and fly by themselves


https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/25728668373/in/photostream/

Rockets are landing back on Earth


As soon as it works,no one calls it AI anymore.

John McCarthy, co-founder of the discipline who coined the term Artificial Intelligence

http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/1/144824-artificial-intelligence-past-and-future/fulltext


Where is all this going?


Reason

Learn

Plan

Represent common sense knowledge

Communicate in natural language

Pass the Turing Test

Narrow Intelligence


Super Intelligence


http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/10/11191184/lee-sedol-alphago-go-deepmind-google-match-2-result

AI continues to master cognitive games


http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/17/8985699/stanford-neural-networks-image-recognition-google-study

Individual AI elements are learning from each other


http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/robots-are-learning-to-fake-empathy?utm_source=mbfb

Emotion recognition is now reality


http://www.teslamotors.com/models

Tesla cars are becoming increasingly autonomous


http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/47435.wss

IBM Watson is making complex medical diagnosis decisions


https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform

Bots are introducing us to conversational interfaces


http://theimitationgamemovie.com

The history of computing has entered popular culture


http://theimitationgamemovie.com

The Turing Test was conceived in 1950

Can a machine exhibit behavior equivalent to

or indistinguishable from that of a human?

Can machines think?


Smarter than the best human brains

Express scientific creativity

Represent general wisdom

Display social skills

Narrow Intelligence


Super Intelligence


http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/6/11376616/nvidia-tesla-p100-gpu-worlds-largest-chip-ai

NVIDIA is investing $2 Billion in AI-on-silicon development


http://www.ted.com/talks/nick_bostrom_what_happens_when_our_computers_get_smarter_than_we_are

Philosophers are speculating on Super Intelligence


http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27631001

Citizens of the European Union now have the right to be forgotten


http://futureoflife.org/AI/open_letter_autonomous_weapons

The smartest minds in science are encouraging ethics with AI

Elon MuskStephen Hawking Peter Diamandis Steve Wozniak


http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27631001

XPRIZE has launched a $5 Million AI competition


http://www.techrepublic.com/article/ai-is-destroying-more-jobs-than-it-creates-what-it-means-and-how-we-can-stop-it/

Our jobs are being automated


In Summary...

Artificial Intelligence is going mainstream


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The user experience of everything is going to be impacted


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We need to think carefully about how AI impacts humanity


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We need to think carefully about how AI impacts humanity

Many jobs will be automated


Thanks!

@jeffmau

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