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He can sit, roll over, fetch the paper, and if you give him a
cookie—solve quadratic equations and book you the cheapest flight to Bora Bora.
Category
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Examples |
Function |
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Voice Assistants |
Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, Bixby, Cortana |
Voice recognition, natural language understanding, smart home control, search, scheduling |
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Conversational AI / Chatbots |
ChatGPT, Gemini (formerly Bard), Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Meta AI, Jasper |
Human-like conversation, content generation, code writing, task automation |
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Content & Image Generation |
DALL-E, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Runway, Sora, Writesonic, Copy.ai |
Text-to-image generation, video editing, writing blogs, marketing copy, visual design |
|
Customer Support & Business AI |
Intercom, Zendesk AI, Drift, x.ai, Clara, Motion, Grammarly, Notion AI |
Chatbots, support automation, AI email assistants, grammar/style checking, summarizing notes |
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Search & Recommendation |
Google Search (SGE), Netflix, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon |
Personalized recommendations, product suggestions, predictive search |
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Smart Devices with AI |
Tesla Autopilot, Roomba, Nest Cam, Ring, Smart Thermostats (Nest) |
Self-driving, navigation, facial recognition, smart home automation |
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AI in Everyday Apps |
Apple Photos, Google Photos, TikTok, Snapchat, Canva Magic Tools |
Photo tagging, content curation, filters, design suggestions, AI-powered writing |
Losing ground to electric cars, petroleum distillers turn to technology to
make fossil fuels more attractive.
In addition to good general knowledge, you can put what you’ve learned here into action. Before plunking down your company’s hard-earned profits into the next AI marvel, ask the vendor the questions in the “Beware the hype” section above. And don’t be afraid to say so if you don’t understand. If you can’t get demonstrable, quantifiable, and relevant answers to your questions, you might be on the verge of buying all-natural AI. And nobody wants that.
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