Artificial Intelligence Algorithms Want Wilde Byrons
April 21, 2016
I read “The Next Hot Job in Silicon Valley Is for Poets.” The idea is that English majors, among others of this ilk, will be contributors to more human artificial intelligence systems. The write up informed me:
As in fiction, the AI writers for virtual assistants dream up a life story for their bots. Writers for medical and productivity apps make character decisions such as whether bots should be workaholics, eager beavers or self-effacing. “You have to develop an entire backstory — even if you never use it,” Ewing [a Hollywood writer] said.
With the apparent boom in smart software, English majors and other word oriented creative types may see an end to their employment problems. Now what can be done about unemployed lawyers? Perhaps one can ask IBM Watson?
Stephen E Arnold, April 21, 2016
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