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Barry in Jackson, Mississippi listens on SuperTalk Mississippi and asked: “I was wondering what’s new in artificial intelligence”

Barry, arguably the most interesting progress in artificial intelligence has probably been made in areas that you wouldn’t necessarily think of when you think of AI.

For example, smart doorbells that can lock a door when they don’t recognize the face of the person approaching it, or cars being able to track the markings on roads on their own, or even Gmail figuring out what you’re likely to want to type next so you don’t have to, or your phone knowing where you’re likely to want to go next given the time and your location.

All relatively down to earth uses, nothing that stands out as much as an IBM computer defying a chess grandmaster, but arguably far more practical applications in your day to day life.

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