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We need to think again about what the ‘A’ in AI signifies
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Even as AI spreads into our lives – and Christmas stockings – hostility towards it remains sky-high.
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Gillian Tett
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In December, artificial intelligence bots have slid into Santa’s grotto. For one thing, AI-enabled gifts are proliferating – as I know myself, having just been given an impressive AI-dictation device.
Meanwhile, retailers such as Walmart are offering AI tools to provide frazzled shoppers with holiday help. Consider these, if you like, as the digital equivalent of a personal elf, who provides shopping and gifting shortcuts. And they seem to work quite well, judging from recent reviews.
