Here’s Where the Smart A.I. Money Is Going Next
What I Learned Trying To Automate Answers To Complex Questions
The crazy thing about what a lot of folks are calling artificial intelligence these days is that it’s not so much intelligence as it is a question-and-answer routine with some very powerful “magic-behind-the-curtain.”
And there’s nothing wrong with that. But let’s peek behind the curtain a little bit, because the magic is what makes the money.
The Dumbest Explanation of A.I. Ever
My machine-learning friends will drag me for this, but the whole concept of artificial intelligence dumbs all the way down to three simple actions:
- Gather input
- Make decisions
- Respond.
The “intelligence” part is something we humans do a million times every day. For example, you’ve read this far down this article and absorbed it, you make a decision, you continue or click away.
The “artificial” part is something computers have been doing since they’ve existed. For example:
- You hit the power button, and the computer receives binary input from a mechanical switch.
- Because the input is binary and the computer is…
