VR without obstructing goggles opens up big opportunities

So far, using VR goggles makes nearly everyone look rather stupid. No one sees what you sees, and you face is covered. Now, Google has found a way forward which opens up great venues. Just think about it: Soon you can wear VR glasses that look like ordinary glasses, but that feed you the information you need as a layer on top of what we refer to as reality today. Soon we can, just by looking a person, see a summary of their latest Facebook and LinkedIn posts, and see suggestions of questions to ask based on their current lives. Spooky for some, but deeply meaningful for others.

Google has figured out a way to let you see VR headset users’ full faces while they’re immersed in an experience – as if the headsets were invisible.

Source: Google’s new tech turns VR headsets invisible

Contextual understanding and empathy in humans can teach #AI a lot

Gladly, companies are aiming to humanize the technology so it can understand us better.

Emotional intelligence is the future of artificial intelligence: Fjord | ZDNet

Those injecting human-like emotional capability into artificial intelligence will emerge as the front-runners in 2017 and beyond, according to Fjord.

Source: Emotional intelligence is the future of artificial intelligence: Fjord | ZDNet

Deloitte says: Focus on Machine Intelligence (MI), not just #AI

Deloitte just released their report Tech Trends 2017: The Kinetic Enterprise, where they highlight the expected of Machine Intelligence (MI). Yes, they think we have focused too much on Artificial Intelligence (AI), which they say is a subset of Machine Intelligence (MI). As they describe it, MI also includes machine learning, deep learning, cognitive analytics, robotics process automation (RPA), and bots.

Deloitte also sees three areas as driving the development of MI: Exponential data growth, Faster distributed systems, and Smarter algorithms. And as we can see in the image below, all the tech giants are doing acquisitions to be better at MI. Given the sizes of these companies, and how many applications they offer us privately and professionally, this will have an enormous impact on us the coming years.

Conventional wisdom holds that artificial intelligence is the next great horizontal technology that will unleash future waves of innovation. Yet AI is not a single type of technology. It takes many f

Source: Deloitte predicts machine intelligence, not mere AI, as a big trend for 2017 | VentureBeat | AI | by Blaise Zerega

“Inside Amazon’s robot-run supermarket that needs just 3 human workers | New York Post” #AI

If you’re a robot stealing somebody’s job, it’s best to stay hidden. That’s what Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos appears to be thinking, as his Seattle-based web giant has contemplated a

Source: Inside Amazon’s robot-run supermarket that needs just 3 human workers | New York Post

Top 10 hot #AI technologies incl. Natural Language Generation and Robotic Process Automation

Great overview of how artificial intelligence is applied today. More areas will of course appear later, but this is an overview of what happens now.

Artificial Intelligence – ZEROS UNIVERSE

The market for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is flourishing. Beyond the hype and the heightened media attention, the numerous startups…

Source: Artificial Intelligence – ZEROS UNIVERSE

Watch how an #AI learns to play Atari games in real-time

It is not only in Poker and Go artificial intelligence can beat us.

Kick back and watch Quartz’ artificial intelligence learn to play Atari games in real-time — Quartz

This is what it looks like when an AI learns to play video games

Source: Kick back and watch Quartz’ artificial intelligence learn to play Atari games in real-time — Quartz

Search your Facebook photos by describing them. #AI

Google’s Photos has been around for a while and Facebook wants to use artificial intelligence for photos also.

You Can Now Search for Facebook Photos by Describing What’s in Them | Inc.com

The company’s artificial intelligence goes beyond just scanning captions.

Source: You Can Now Search for Facebook Photos by Describing What’s in Them | Inc.com