iPhone 5 Keynote Predictions: Mainstreaming AI?

Re:iPhone 5 Keynote Predictions: Mainstreaming AI? by newhouseb on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @04:16AM (#3069898)

Siri has been out on the iPhone for at least a year and while impressive, I don't believe qualifies as game-changing (it couldn't, for example, tell me what the average velocity of an unladen swallow was). I'm wondering if there've been any breakthrough(s) after they were acquired?

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Re:iPhone 5 Keynote Predictions: Mainstreaming AI? by Geee on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @04:48AM (#3069979)

Currently, Siri is just a question-answer machine. While it's very good at this, a personal assistant needs to be more than that. I think the next stage in the evolution is tapping on your personal information, having a memory, and being able to have a contextual dialog. All this should be implemented fluidly.

Example:

Me: "Siri, what's up today?"

Siri: "You should have lunch with Sarah at 5 p.m"

Me: "Make a reservation at that Chinese restaurant which we were in last time"

Siri: "Ok."

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Re:iPhone 5 Keynote Predictions: Mainstreaming AI? by IanMikutel on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @04:48AM (#3069980)

The talk is that they have deeply integrated Wolfram Alpha to automatically pull and handle queries like the one you mentioned.

Source: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/30/mockups_demons...

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Re:iPhone 5 Keynote Predictions: Mainstreaming AI? by BrainScraps on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @05:05AM (#3070016)

I knew Wolfram would be involved with handling these queries - especially when that demo had the "How many calories are in a banana?" line !

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Re:iPhone 5 Keynote Predictions: Mainstreaming AI? by newhouseb on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @05:16AM (#3070044)

Siri actually already does this (for example ask it "How old is steve jobs?" or to do any math for you)

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