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Zuckerberg To Build Personal AI For Help At Home and Work (facebook.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the jarvis-where-are-my-pants dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he is planning on building his own personal assistant AI, recreating a system similar to that of the Jarvis butler featured in Marvel's Iron Man franchise. Zuckerberg commented that as a personal challenge for 2016, he would construct a "simple AI" to assist him at home and at work, and share his progress the course of the year. The Facebook founder said he build on existing technology to develop his AI, before teaching it to understand his voice to be able to control home appliances, such as a music system, lighting, and air conditioning.

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  1. Jarvis or Siri? by Fusen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There is quite a large jump between saying "I'm going to build my own AI like Jarvis from Iron Man" and then saying "I'll use this AI to help me turn on the lights or listen to music".

    Is it going to be a glorified Amazon Echo / Apple Siri or will it actually be able to predict what you're doing and what you need help with?

  2. Starving for attention... by denzacar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...a sociopath decides to compare himself to a comicbook hero, who is also portrayed as a sociopath.
    Lacking actual comparison points he decides to pretend to create artificial intelligence.

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    Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
  3. the difference between Jarvis & Zuckerbot... by Yonder+Way · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...is that Zuckerberg is no Tony Stark. He had one good idea, and the right opportunity. Stark, though fictional, was an exceptional genius that had more brilliant ideas than time in which to realize them.