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A Conversation about Conversational AI

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In this conversation between Siri designer Tom Gruber and NY Times writer John Markoff, we hear about the state of the art in Conversational Artificial Intelligence. They trace back the intellectual roots of Siri and look forward to what is possible as AI becomes ubiquitous in our lives. What could happen when machine-learned AI is everywhere -- and what could go wrong?

In this conversation between Siri designer Tom Gruber and NY Times writer John Markoff, we hear about the state of the art in Conversational Artificial Intelligence. They trace back the intellectual roots of Siri and look forward to what is possible as AI becomes ubiquitous in our lives. What could happen when machine-learned AI is everywhere -- and what could go wrong?

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxBeaconStreet, an independent event.

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