Technology continues to amaze us. Remember when a fax machine impressed us? Now they are teaching computers to analyze and understand the real world, or at least they are trying.

Artificial intelligence attempts to understand how our brain accomplishes what seem to us as menial tasks. There have been a few highlights of success, but in very limited and controlled settings. Nothing that promises to become part of the consumer demand process, except maybe for Hollywood purposes.

Business 2 Community brought this news to our attention in their article, “Artificial Intelligence: The Next Big Thing.” Harnessing this technology could change the landscape of computers forever.

Melody K. Smith

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