Researcher at Intel Writes that AI Will Change Our Relationship with Technology

Advances in artificial intelligence could cause a big change in the way we interact with our devices over the coming year says one of Intel's experts.

Genevieve Bell is an interaction and experience research director at Intel Labs.  In an article for the BBC, she writes that this year a computer will pass the Turing test, and get us closer to a machine with true artificial intelligence (AI).  For Bell, the irony of the breakthrough will be that no one will care.

Bell writes:

I think in 2012 we will start to see signs of change in our relationships with devices. 

Here I do not just mean more forms of new interfaces and new interactions. This is less about gesture and voice recognition and more about machines that are contextually and situationally aware. 

And there is lots of serious technology in the works to make that happen - networking technology that knows when to switch networks to make sure your voice-over-IP call does not drop; cameras that know how to make you look your best, smart devices that actually learn about your likes and dislikes and make better choices to delight and surprise you.

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