You have probably used Siri, Alexa, or Cortana to set an alarm, call a friend, or arrange a meeting. But despite their usefulness in common and routine tasks, it’s difficult to force conversational agents to talk about general, sometimes philosophical topics.

Computer scientist Arthur Samuel is rumored to have said that machine learning is an aspect of his field that gives "computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed."

Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things are now defining the future of our economy. The effect of these technologies, made possible by the colossal volumes of data we are able to collect and process, has been described as the “fourth industrial revolution”.

Hi, I am Steve, in this first episode of my new AI news podcast I give an overview of what you can expect from this podcast. And of course, as is tradition with new podcasts I share some of the first fun hiccups with you.