Google Chairman Eric Schmidt calls Apple Music an elitist. (Photo : REUTERS)
Google chairman Eric Schmidt states on his op-ed article for the BBC that artificial intelligence (AI) research has been improving steadily since it was first invented in 1955.
Schmidt argues that scientists have made a few big breakthroughs in the past several years, solving huge problems such as genomics, energy, and climate science.
One of the examples that Schmidt cited on his article over the weekend is the improved automated speech recognition for Google, which is lead by leader in artificial neural networks Geoff Hinton in 2009. The Google’s speech recognition engine was able to cut the number of errors by 25 percent which is equivalent of ten years of research all at once.
The chairman also mentioned the AI research on modern music services, stating that Apple Inc.'s music service employs a collection of tastemakers to curate music. He said that companies should use algorithms to find out what users want to listen to next, The Verge reported.
Another sample Schmidt pointed out that AI is really improving is the Big Data, various computers that are networked together to help in identifying a written language from a picture or a spoken language from a sound file, or recognizing the subject of an image.
He added that AI researchers must use the advanced technology to continue solving real-world problems, predicting that artificial intelligence and machine learning will be enhanced at a faster rate in the coming years. The cited samples may lead in bringing algorithmic approach to big problems like climate change, energy and genomics, according to CSMonitor.
