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What AI and Big Data Can Do for Humanity | Virtual Keynote at TechfestNW | December 4, 2020
This talk offers insight into the power and potential of big data and AI, with examples of how things can go wrong — and the potential for doing things right.
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Tom Talks Humanistic AI with Host Luke Robert Mason | SingularityNET | April, 2021
Tom shares his insights into creating intelligent interfaces, the ethical use of technology, and how humanistic AI can enable learning, knowledge sharing, and increased productivity.
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The Future of the Virtual Assistant | Nasdaq at Silicon Slopes 2020
Josh Machiz talks with Tom about AI, Siri and the future of the virtual assistant.
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A Conversation about Conversational AI | TEDx Beacon Street | JFK Presidential Library Boston, November 17, 2008.
In this conversation between Siri designer Tom Gruber and NY Times writer John Markoff, we hear about the state of the art in Conversational Artificial Intelligence…
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Your Phone Knows You Too Well. Tom Gruber Knows Why | Interview for Willamette Week
Call Gruber an optimist. He thinks the same algorithms that prey on our bad habits can be used to encourage good ones …
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This AI Maestro Wants to Serenade You | by Steven Levy | Wired | May 20, 2020
How does LifeScore do it? It starts, like any music, with a human creator. Both Sheppard and Gruber are emphatic that they do not want ...
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LifeScore Debut | Twitch.tv | Artificial Show
As the guest of showrunner Bernie Su, Tom demonstrated music being automatically adapted in real time for the first time ever…
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For tech companies, ‘humanism’ is an empty buzzword. It doesn’t have to be. | By Kirsten Ostherr | Washington Post
Tom Gruber of Apple describes Siri as “humanistic AI — artificial intelligence designed to meet human needs by collaborating [with] and augmenting people …”
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