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+ <div id="comment_body_57265934"><p>3D printer in every home will fundamentally change human society</p><p>IoT internet connected belt buckles and toothbrushes will take over the world</p><p>AI will revolutionize consumer electronics</p><p>Net PC from Sun will dominate the computer industry (this one is really old)</p></div>
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+<b>Pro Tip:</b> Get out in front and mention this *before* taking your date home. Better for her to hear it from you than her working it out on her own<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:-)</p></div>
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+ <div id="comment_body_57267434"><p><div class="quote"><p>3D printer in every home will fundamentally change human society</p><p>IoT internet connected belt buckles and toothbrushes will take over the world</p><p>AI will revolutionize consumer electronics</p><p>Net PC from Sun will dominate the computer industry (this one is really old)</p></div><p>I don't know about home but it plays a big part in manufacturing. There are very specialized and successful medical companies that use 3d printing.
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+ <div id="comment_body_57266238"><p>In the 90s it was all "knowledge-based systems" and in the noughties it was all "intelligent agents".</p></div>
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+ <div id="comment_body_57266374">So, Walt Mossberg for a new generation?
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+Re "fuzzy logic controllers in washing machines" A set amount of power, water, weight of laundry is not AI. Just good programming within set limits.<br>
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+ <div id="comment_body_57266214"><p>AI is turning frogs gay.</p></div>
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+ <div id="comment_body_57266712"><p>That's actually not true, the frogs are only gay for pay.</p></div>
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+ <span class="by"><span class="byby">by </span><a href="//slashdot.org/~Laxator2">Laxator2</a> <span class="uid"><a href="//slashdot.org/~Laxator2">( 973549 )</a></span></a></span><span class="writes" style="display:none"> writes:</span>
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+ <div id="comment_body_57266452"><p>I did not see any example where someone says: "I did not buy that product because it lacked AI".</p><p>I did not hear from anyone that they need AI so they are going out of their way to buy it. In its current form AI is good for pattern recognition in some cases, for example, face identification in photos.<br>The only customers are corporations with massive collections of personal data to analyze, but not individual consumers.<br>I believe AI has been over-hyped and pushed in areas where it is not usable in its current form (like self-driving cars) and we start to see the backlash.</p><p>I've already seen stories saying that the medical diagnoses made by IBM's Watson are just plain wrong. More examples will follow.</p></div>
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+ <div id="comment_body_57267392"><p><div class="quote"><p>I did not see any example where someone says: "I did not buy that product because it lacked AI".</p><p>I did not hear from anyone that they need AI so they are going out of their way to buy it. In its current form AI is good for pattern recognition in some cases, for example, face identification in photos.
+The only customers are corporations with massive collections of personal data to analyze, but not individual consumers.
+I believe AI has been over-hyped and pushed in areas where it is not usable in its current form (like self-driving cars) and we start to see the backlash.</p><p>I've already seen stories saying that the medical diagnoses made by IBM's Watson are just plain wrong. More examples will follow.</p></div><p>What about Google home and Alexa?
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+</p><p>How do you recognize pedestrians in self-driving cars without AI?
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+</p><p>IBM Watson was wrong quite a bit but it won jeopardy.</p></div>
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+ <div id="comment_body_57266562"><p>First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.</p><p>Mahatma Gandhi</p><p>This field is moving so fast compared to the 90s.</p></div>
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+ <span class="by"><span class="byby">by </span><a href="//slashdot.org/~Rick+Schumann">Rick Schumann</a> <span class="uid"><a href="//slashdot.org/~Rick+Schumann">( 4662797 )</a></span></a></span><span class="writes" style="display:none"> writes:</span>
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+ <div id="comment_body_57266590">So-called 'AI' is over-hyped and under-performing.</div>
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+ <div id="comment_body_57266670">The AI bubble seems to be starting to deflate. It may not pop, but it will likely carry on shrinking. Most people already know that Alex and co. are little more than gimmicks, good for party games, grins and giggles, and little more. The AI community seems to be making the same mistakes they made in the late 60s and 70s. The second AI winter is nigh.</div>
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