Imagine this: you are traveling for work and get into the cab for your business meeting, your phone beeps and says “new message” and you swipe your finger on the fingerprint scanner to read the notification. You realize that you are not able to type the reply as you are in the middle of some work and then speak out “reply” to your phone. This is the system in your phone, capable of rationally solving complex problems. It is integrated in such a manner that it makes your work easy.
Siri, Google Now, Cortana etc are intelligent digital personal assistants on various platforms (iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile) to help one find useful information when you ask for it using your voice command. These are great instances of Artificial Intelligence (AI) today. As we move towards the world of digitization, latest technologies like artificial intelligence, IoT and cloud are influencing traditional businesses. The mobile system is optimized to achieve goals via perception, planning, reasoning, learning, communicating, decision-making, and acting.
This technology is the beginning of generating new interest and utilization of intelligent systems in an ever-widening circle of influence. AI is crucial to the future. As there are new advances in AI technology, new markets and new opportunities have opened up in areas such as health, education, energy, and the environment for progress.
There are application suggestions, a list of frequently used applications which makes it easier for users to look for the applications that are required. The existing versions of Maps help us navigate to the exact whereabouts you want to head and also show searches based on the past visits and searches. Specific features like push notifications, 10 + sensors like GPS etc. provide a seamless user experience for users on the go.
Your cell phone, your automobile, your bank, and your home all use artificial intelligence once a day; and then it’s conspicuous what it’s doing, similar to when you request that Siri get you directions to the closest corner store. Once in a while, it’s more subtle, similar to when you influence an irregular buy with your credit card and don’t get a fraud alarm from your bank. AI is all around, and it’s having an immense effect in our lives each day.
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