AI Today Podcast

Public defenders in the United States are burdened with large workloads and ever-increasing piles of information they need to sort through. Additionally, they are deeply needed in an environment where defendants are unable to afford the legal protection they are entitled to under the rights of the constitution. This is one problem that AI and machine learning is promising to solve.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #59: The Tubman Project – Interview with Darrell Malone Jr. at Cognilytica.

Anyone observing the news can see that artificial intelligence and machine learning are getting lots of attention. As long as a startup has AI or cognitive technologies in their business plans or marketing material, they seem to get funding. And the amount of funding some of these startups are getting is eye-opening! So this makes us ask the question: Are we in a bubble?Continue reading AI Today Podcast #057: Is VC Funding for AI Overheated? at Cognilytica.

When people hear about the race for AI dominance, they often think that the main competition is between the US and China. The US and China do have most of the largest and most well funded AI companies on the planet, and the pace of funding, company growth, and adoption doesn’t seem to be slowing anytime soon.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #056: AI’s Strategic Importance: A Look at Different Countries at Cognilytica.

The big idea of AI and cognitive technologies is to address and tackle problems that require human cognitive capabilities. Many vendors in the RPA market are simply using AI as a marketing vehicle and are not fundamentally changing or improving the way business process is done. This is why companies looking to pursue the path of Intelligent Process Automation need to have the desired end state in mind: full autonomous business process (ABP). Continue reading AI Today Podcast #055: Autonomous Business Process (ABP) at Cognilytica.

The AI Today podcast is celebrating our 1 year anniversary!  With this, we wanted to revisit our first podcast topic “Does AI Matter?” as well as reflect on a year of great podcasts, awesome guests, and some thought provoking content.In our inaugural podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss our reasons for Why AI Matters and we thought it was a great idea to go back and visit this topic again one year later. Continue reading AI Today Podcast #054: Anniversary Podcast: Does AI Still Matter? at Cognilytica.

In recent years we have seen amazing advances in the field of conversational AI.  Machine learning, and in particular deep learning, has been getting a lot of attention lately. But this is not always the best method when building conversational AI.  In this podcast Cognilytica analysts interview Martin Reddy, Co-Founder and CTO at PullString.  We discuss 3 fallacies related to conversational AI, why machine learning isn’t always the best approach to solving conversations problems, and how PullString Converse provides an easy to use conversation canvas allowing companies who might not have a technical team in-house to create voice apps.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #053: The Three Fallacies of Conversational AI — Interview with Martin Reddy, PullString at Cognilytica.

Arizona State University (ASU) is trying something very interesting: in addition to giving their incoming students the usual handbooks and orientation materials, they’re also giving some of them an Amazon Alexa device preloaded with ASU-specific skills. The results of this test are quite remarkable and might suggest that voice assistants could be the future of providing knowledge and interaction to users.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #052: AI on the Campus — Interview with John Rome, Arizona State University at Cognilytica.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is making inroads into a wide range of industries, and there’s no exception even within the world of kid’s play. In this podcast, Cognilytica analysts Kathleen Walch and Ronald Schmelzer interview James Poulter, Head of Emerging Platforms and Partnerships at Lego. He explains how Lego is adopting AI in a wide range of ways including with its Alexa voice assistant skills and additional insights into adding elements of AI to the various Lego platforms, including Mindstorms and other play elements.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #051: Bringing AI to Lego — Interview with James Poulter at Cognilytica.

AI and cognitive technologies are enhancing many different industries and providing significant ROI for early adopters. However, AI is also providing benefit in improving our various experiences in life. In this podcast, Cognilytica analysts Kathleen Walch and Ronald Schmelzer interview Tom Edwards, Chief Digital & Innovation Officer at Epsilon Agency, who shares insights into how AI is impacting marketing, customer experience, and more.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #050: Enhancing Experiences with AI – Interview with Tom Edwards, Epsilon Agency at Cognilytica.

On July 31, 2018 Cognilytica released the latest iteration of the Cognilytica Voice Assistant Benchmark.  Conversational interface-based devices are quickly taking off with devices and technology such as Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Siri, Microsoft Cortana, and an increasing number of new entrants into the space.  Cognilytica calls these devices “voice assistants”, rather than the less-useful term “smart speakers”. Continue reading AI Today Podcast #049: Surprising Results from the Cognilytica Voice Assistant Benchmark at Cognilytica.