We keep calling AI intelligent. But it has never seen a human face. Over the past two years, artificial intelligence has undergone a meteoric rise. We’ve watched it master the Bar Exam, write sophisticated code in seconds, and translate ancient dialects with startling precision. By all accounts, AI is becoming "smarter" than us. But there is a fundamental, glaring flaw in the current AI revolution: Almost every AI you interact with is legally blind. The Text-Only Delusion We are currently living in the era of "Text-Only Intelligence." You type a prompt into a box, and a machine generates a response based on the statistical probability of the next word. It is a world of pure syntax, devoid of the very things that make human communication meaningful. In the real world, humans don't just "exchange data." We communicate through a complex, silent language of: Micro-reactions that betray our true feelings. Tonal shifts that turn a statement into a questio...
There are plenty of Apply rumors on the web. But when a major news site says something we stop to listen. The Financial Times begins to speculate people start to listen. It is being reported that Apple has rented a stage in Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco for several days in late January. Where Apple is expected to make a major announcement. Stories about this mythical touch screen device better than a iPhone and cooler than a Netbook could be actually launched. Yes after all the speculation that Apple has explored making of the Tablet device for years it might become a reality. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster today speculated that an event was imminent. “We believe there is a 75 per cent likelihood that Apple will have an event in January and a 50 per cent chance that it will be held to launch the Apple Tablet,” he wrote in a new research note. “If Apple announced the Tablet in January, it would likely ship later in the March quarter.” An original post by Socio...