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A.I. Startups Building Bots For Businesses (xconomy.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the robot-assistant-overlords dept.

gthuang88 writes: Virtual digital assistants are gaining popularity with the rise of Siri, Google Now, and Facebook's M service. Now startups are using related artificial intelligence techniques to solve business problems. Talla is building an interactive bot on Slack and HipChat for handling workflows in recruiting and human resources. The software uses natural language processing, word vectors, and some deep learning. Other startups, such as Gamalon, DataRobot, and Sentenai, are focused on probabilistic programming, data science, and machine learning for the Internet of things. Working with private data sets and business apps could help these startups avoid competing with the big players, at least for now.

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  1. Talla by 110010001000 · · Score: 2

    Talla. Slack. HipChat. You need an ironic beard to work at these places.

    1. Re:Talla by freeze128 · · Score: 2

      It's got to be better than working at Gamalon. That Desslok guy is a psychopath!

    2. Re:Talla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Nah, it's probably an allergy to buzzword-frosted overhyped bullshit.

    3. Re:Talla by 110010001000 · · Score: 2

      No, its because I can't grow a beard.

  2. Unemployed AIs by penguinoid · · Score: 1

    It's probably just the recently unemployed AIs from Ashley Madison applying for new positions.

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  3. But i'm a programmer by fluffernutter · · Score: 1

    That's it. My next resume is just going to read:

    $this_person + $your_busuness = $WIN
    if ($WIN) then
    $company_dollars = $company_dollars + 1000000000000
    end

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  4. The goalposts were moved over time by dbIII · · Score: 1

    Seriously, people keep comparing "cutting edge" A.I. against Siri. Siri's just not that smart.

    Neither is anything.
    "A.I." means lookup tables now just like "nanotechnology" ended up being little bits of powder in toothpaste.

    1. Re:The goalposts were moved over time by jbengt · · Score: 1

      The headline made me think somebody's making intelligent robots for industry, which might be interesting, then all it is is stupid chatbots.

    2. Re:The goalposts were moved over time by blue9steel · · Score: 1

      A sophisticated chatbot could make huge swaths of employees redundant, I wouldn't be quite so dismissive.

  5. Intelligent HR? by braindrainbahrain · · Score: 2

    The cynicism expressed in the title of my post not withstanding, if AI can replace all the HR drones out there, fantastic! On the other hand, I'll never get a job again.