Breaking Bots: Inventing A New Voice In The AI Revolution

by Jason Mars

Overview

THE FUTURE IS OURS
When humans first evolved, we were basically indistinguishable from animals. Then we harnessed the power of fire, and it catapulted us beyond a state of animalism. Since then, human innovation has propelled us from one technological revolution to the next.

We are now at the next world-altering wave of technological evolution: artificial intelligence. But the current AI offerings cannot fulfill our fundamental desire to communicate with our technology through speech. We didn’t evolve to type or use a mouse; we evolved to have conversations, including with our technology. We want the USS Enterprise shipboard computer, J.A.R.V.I.S. from Iron Man, the interface from Her. But we are not there yet.

Conversational AI and AI in general are collectively our next fire, light bulb, or internet. And we must thank Apple, Google, and Amazon for whetting our appetite with Siri, Google Home, and Alexa. But now we’re ready for what’s next. That’s where the groundbreaking work of computer scientist Jason Mars and Clinc, the company he founded, comes in.

Breaking Bots paints a thrilling portrait of the past, present, and future of the AI revolution through Jason’s unlikely journey to AI stardom, the extraordinary rise of Clinc from a scrappy start-up to a juggernaut toppler, and the paradigm-shifting technical and cultural DNA that makes Jason’s work and Clinc’s technology the future of AI.
The AI revolution is at hand—and you are part of the journey!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781946633392
Publisher:	Advantage Media Group, Inc.
Publication date:	03/16/2021
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

JASON MARS has built some of the world’s most sophisticated scalable systems for AI, computer vision, and natural language processing. He is a professor of computer science at the University of Michigan, where he directs Clarity Lab, one of the world’s top AI and computing training labs.In his tenure as CEO of Clinc, he was named Bank Innovation’s number two “Most Innovative CEO in Banking 2017” and number four in “Top 11 Technologists in Voice AI 2019.” His work has been recognized by Crain’s Detroit Business’s 2019 “40 under 40” for “career accomplishments, impact in their field, and contributions to their community.” Prior to the University of Michigan, Jason was a professor at University of California San Diego, and worked at Google and Intel. Jason holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Virginia.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION AI: A Human Revolution An Unlikely Story Time to Change the World Young, Scrappy, and Hungry A Unique DNA—the Why behind Clinc’s Technical Superiority The Birth of the Revolution The Neural Network Uprising To the Ends of the Earth Endless Possibilities The Future Is Now The Future Is Ours ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Editorial Reviews

We’ve seen it in movies and TV. We’ve read about it in science-fiction books. It’s a deep, innate desire in the human subconscious: to communicate with our technology the same way we communicate with each other—through conversation.
There is a massive gap between the artificial intelligence experiences people are using today and what our imagination necessitates. The oil of scientific underpinnings to create phenomenal AI is present; it needs only to be tapped.
Breaking Bots follows the extraordinary journey of those tapping that oil: Jason Mars and the company he founded, Clinc. But the story doesn’t end there—it continues with you. Building the AI revolution is a community effort. The future is always in front of us—so jump in!

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