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Can we be friends with our AI?

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What if we could form meaningful relationships with AI? IBM designer Adam Cutler argues that we're already doing this -- we name our cars and mourn our iPhones when they break -- but imagine if we could develop a deeper emotional bond with our machines. By interpreting intent through language and pairing it with tone and semantic analysis in real time, Cutler shares a vision of the future where AI can predict what you want based only on the smallest, most human of hints.

What if we could form meaningful relationships with AI? IBM designer Adam Cutler argues that we're already doing this -- we name our cars and mourn our iPhones when they break -- but imagine if we could develop a deeper emotional bond with our machines. By interpreting intent through language and pairing it with tone and semantic analysis in real time, Cutler shares a vision of the future where AI can predict what you want based only on the smallest, most human of hints.

This talk was presented at a TED Institute event given in partnership with IBM.

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About the speaker

Adam Cutler

Computer relationship expert

As an IBM Distinguished Designer, Adam Cutler has spent the last 18 months exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and human nature. His team is studying the fundamentals of how human relationships form and develop, with an eye on applying these same concepts to the growing number of relationships between humans and machines.

About TED Institute

Every year, TED works with a group of select companies and foundations to identify internal ideators, inventors, connectors, and creators. Drawing on the same rigorous regimen that has prepared speakers for the TED main stage, TED Institute works closely with each partner, overseeing curation and providing intensive one-on-one talk development to sharpen and fine tune ideas. The culmination is an event produced, recorded, and hosted by TED, generating a growing library of valuable TED Talks that can spur innovation and transform organizations.

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This talk was presented at a TED Institute event given in partnership with IBM.

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