by Prof Andy Pardoe | Jul 20, 2016 | Blog, News
Macy’s is testing a mobile tool using artificial intelligence that lets shoppers get answers customized to the store they’re in — like where a particular brand is located or what’s in stock — that they would normally ask a sales associate...
by Prof Andy Pardoe | Jul 20, 2016 | Blog, News
What’s Up in the AI-Robotics World – Weekly Update It’s been a week of bad news—a failed military coup in Turkey, a terrorist massacre in Nice and police continuing to kill of innocent blacks in the US. In the world of uncertainty and increased need for safety,...
by Prof Andy Pardoe | Jul 11, 2016 | Blog, News
Chatbots are truly exciting because they bring with them the promise of a paradigm change. They make it possible to interact with customers — within a trusted environment — in a way that apps or other channels cannot achieve. What we really mean when we say “utility...
by Prof Andy Pardoe | Jul 11, 2016 | Blog
As the world leadership nervously watches the dark drama of the US Presidential elections being played out, they are also coping with the sour aftertaste of Brexit aftermaths. The growing consensus seems to be that the average voter cannot be relied on to make wise...
by Prof Andy Pardoe | Jul 7, 2016 | Blog
Our weekly news update: The biggest shake-up this week in the AI world is the first-ever fatal crash of Tesla’s self-driven car. Will this create a huge set-back to the project of autonomous vehicles? As more modes of transportation go autonomous, the incident could...
by Prof Andy Pardoe | Jun 14, 2016 | Blog
First off, I’m not an ethicist, so what I am about to say needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. But I do have an amateur interest in the human self and what makes us tick as ethical beings. There has been some really interesting work on ethical robots recently...