Jeff Mau - AI is the New UX - IXDA Chicago 05-19-16

AI is the New UX
Jeff Mau
IXDA at DigitasLBi
Spring 2016

In Terminator (1983), robots controlled by Skynet are out to get us
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Meet Atlas, the robot from Boston Dynamics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY

In Star Wars (1973), C3PO is the ultimate knowledge assistant

http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibmwatson/
IBM’s Watson is repeatedly outsmarting humans

In Star Trek (1966 – present), it is routine to video chat with aliens
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http://www.skype.com/en/translator-preview/
Skype Translator enables multi-language conversations in real time

In Her (2013), Theodore falls in love with his operating system

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/science/for-sympathetic-ear-more-chinese-turn-to-smartphone-program.html?smid=nytnow-share&smprod=nytnow&_r=0
Microsoft’s Xiaoice is a text messaging girlfriend

In Knight Rider (1982), KITT is a self–driving car

http://www.google.com/selfdrivingcar/
Google’s self–driving car

Science Fiction is Becoming Reality

What is AI, really?

The theory and development of computer systems able to
perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such
as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and
translation between languages.
A Definition of Artificial Intelligence

Image Recognition
of faces and objects

Image Recognition
Voice Recognition
using speech to text

Machine Learning
using Neural Networks
Image Recognition
Voice Recognition
using speech to text

Narrow Intelligence
General Intelligence
Super Intelligence
Complete specialized tasks
Automate processing of huge amounts of data

http://yosinski.com/deepvis
Deep visualization is learning new objects without instruction

http://www.amazon.com/echo
Voice recognition is the natural way to engage with computers

http://www.r2d3.us/visual-intro-to-machine-learning-part-1/
Machine learning makes the decisions

Designing with AI

Content
Types
What data do
you have to work
with?
Big Data is a must
A framework for designing with AI

Content
Types
Conditions+
What data do
you have to work
with?
Big Data is a must
What triggers the
computation?
If this, then that...

Content
Types
Conditions Decisions
to make
++
What data do
you have to work
with?
Big Data is a must
What triggers the
computation?
What answers do
you want which
can’t be made on
your own?
Anticipation of
human needs

Content
Types
to make
Define
Boundaries
+++
What data do
you have to work
with?
Big Data is a must
What triggers the
computation?
What answers do
you want which
can’t be made on
your own?
Anticipation of
human needs
What is the focus
of your activity?
Ethical
Considerations

Content
Types
to make
Define
Boundaries
Desired
Outcome
=+++
What data do
you have to work
with?
Big Data is a must
What triggers the
computation?
What answers do
you want which
can’t be made on
your own?
Anticipation of
human needs
What is the focus
of your activity?
Ethical
Considerations

http://torch.ch
Some Facebook algorithms have gone open source

https://cloud.google.com/products/machine-learning/
Google offers cloud-based machine learning services

http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibmwatson/developercloud/
IBM Watson offers an API

https://aws.amazon.com/machine-learning/
Amazon Web Services offers an API

http://gallery.azureml.net
Microsoft Azure Cloud Services offers an API

http://torch.ch
Apache Hadoop is an open source solution for handling big data

http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?FT=D&date=20100602&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP&CC=EP&NR=2192754A1&KC=A1
You may need to create our own algorithms

Real-world designs with AI

CEDIM visits Motorola: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153451592359288&set=a.18090404287.23736.706684287&type=1&theater
Facebook recognizes our faces and also our interests

http://www.wired.com/2015/08/facebook-launches-m-new-kind-virtual-assistant/
Facebook is training their new AI with humans

http://www.telenav.com/products/scout/
Navigation that adapts routes based on real-time traffic conditions

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3058300/this-japanese-novel-authored-by-a-computer-is-scarily-well-written
Machine written novels are starting to win literary awards

https://thegrid.io
The Grid designs website layouts for you

http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/11/10965414/autonomous-drones-deep-learning-navigation-mapping
Drones can see, detect objects and fly by themselves

https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/25728668373/in/photostream/
Rockets are landing back on Earth

“As soon as it works,
no one calls it AI anymore.”
– John McCarthy, co-founder of the discipline
who coined the term Artificial Intelligence
http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/1/144824-artificial-intelligence-past-and-future/fulltext

Where is all this going?

Reason
Learn
Plan
Represent common sense knowledge
Communicate in natural language
Pass the Turing Test
Narrow Intelligence
Super Intelligence

http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/10/11191184/lee-sedol-alphago-go-deepmind-google-match-2-result
AI continues to master cognitive games

http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/17/8985699/stanford-neural-networks-image-recognition-google-study
Individual AI elements are learning from each other

http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/robots-are-learning-to-fake-empathy?utm_source=mbfb
Emotion recognition is now reality

http://www.teslamotors.com/models
Tesla cars are becoming increasingly autonomous

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/47435.wss
IBM Watson is making complex medical diagnosis decisions

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform
Bots are introducing us to conversational interfaces

http://theimitationgamemovie.com
The history of computing has entered popular culture

http://theimitationgamemovie.com
The Turing Test was conceived in 1950
Can a machine exhibit behavior equivalent to
or indistinguishable from that of a human?
Can machines think?

Smarter than the best human brains
Express scientific creativity
Represent general wisdom
Display social skills
Narrow Intelligence
Super Intelligence

http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/6/11376616/nvidia-tesla-p100-gpu-worlds-largest-chip-ai
NVIDIA is investing $2 Billion in AI-on-silicon development

http://www.ted.com/talks/nick_bostrom_what_happens_when_our_computers_get_smarter_than_we_are
Philosophers are speculating on Super Intelligence

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27631001
Citizens of the European Union now have the “right to be forgotten”

http://futureoflife.org/AI/open_letter_autonomous_weapons
The smartest minds in science are encouraging ethics with AI
Elon MuskStephen Hawking Peter Diamandis Steve Wozniak

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27631001
XPRIZE has launched a $5 Million AI competition

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/ai-is-destroying-more-jobs-than-it-creates-what-it-means-and-how-we-can-stop-it/
Our jobs are being automated

In Summary...
Artificial Intelligence is going mainstream

In Summary...
The user experience of everything is going to be impacted

In Summary...
We need to think carefully about how AI impacts humanity

In Summary...
We need to think carefully about how AI impacts humanity
Many jobs will be automated

Thanks!
@jeffmau
facebook.com/jeffmau

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