Facebook’s Zuckerberg shows custom-made personal AI for home which connects to devices, controls appliances, and more

Briefing

Facebook's Zuckerberg shows custom-made personal AI for home which connects to devices, controls appliances, and more

January 18, 2017

Briefing

  • Custom personal AI – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg built custom AI called "Jarvis" based on Messenger bot that he can talk to on phone or computer
  • Connected to smart home – Connects to smart devices and phones in his home such as toaster, doors, lights, thermostat, cameras, and speakers
  • Face and speech recognition – Has face recognition, speech recognition and language processing capabilities, able to do tasks like play Mandarin lessons, identify visitors and more
  • More text than voice – Uses mostly text-based rather than voice commands, which is in line with trends on Messenger and WhatsApp where text is growing quicker than voice calls
  • Next steps – Include creating an Android version of app, connecting more appliances, and allowing Jarvis to learn new skills on its own
  • Challenges – Include knowledge gained tends to be specialized and difficult to transfer to a different domain and difficulty for AI to learn new skills without human input

Accelerator

Sector

Information Technology

Organization

Facebook Inc.

Source

Original Publication Date

December 20, 2016

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