#15 (S2) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: TALKING WITH SIRI & ALEXA with professor & author Avi Goldfarb

Are you optimistic about our future with ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? Avi Goldfarb (professor and author of “Prediction Machines”) shares a brief history of AI, various AI applications that are being used in the marketplace, and specific reasons why we should be optimistic about our future with AI.   References & Links Avi Goldfarb * Rotman UofT – http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/FacultyAndResearch/Faculty/FacultyBios/Goldfarb.aspx * BOOK: “Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence” – https://amzn.to/2GoX6Ac * LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/avi-goldfarb-46a7473/ * Twitter – https://twitter.com/avicgoldfarb The Organizations * Creative Destruction Lab – https://www.creativedestructionlab.com/ * Marketing Science – https://pubsonline.informs.org/page/mksc/editorial-board * NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research – https://www.nber.org/ * AtomWise – https://www.atomwise.com/ * OpenAI – https://openai.com/ Articles, Books & Concepts * Artificial Intelligence – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence * “Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence” –https://amzn.to/2GoX6Ac * “It’s Complicated: the social lives of networked teens” by danah boyd – https://amzn.to/2PiorYK * Machine Learning – https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/high-tech/our-insights/an-executives-guide-to-machine-learning * Deep learning – https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/deep-learning.asp * Google Search + – https://www.fastcompany.com/90308480/40-incredibly-useful-things-you-didnt-know-google-search-could-do * AI impact on trade – https://www.nber.org/papers/w24917 * Wikipedia pages impact on travel – http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp12053.pdf * AI & Communication – https://becominghuman.ai/how-has-ai-changed-the-way-humans-communicate-10369fc2453a * AI & Communication – https://www.quantifiedcommunications.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-in-communication * “The Matrix” movie– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(franchise) The People * Ajay Agrawal – http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/FacultyAndResearch/Faculty/FacultyBios/Agrawal