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I read this in another article: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/26/amazon-alphabet-microsoft-intel-all-crush-earnings.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/26/amazon-

I read this in another article: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/26/amazon-alphabet-microsoft-intel-all-crush-earnings.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/26/amazon-alphabet-microsoft-in... >In a call with CNBC, Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat reiterated the company's theme of "products with AI [artificial intelligence] at their core," but the main function of that AI today seems to be optimizing ad revenue. Are all the improvements to machine learning being made to just to show us more targeted ads?

snarf21 9y ago
Yes, at least for now. We are good with more specialized AI yet and those have a much longer ROI. Optimized ads hits now. I guess we can hope that this money pays for the development of the other stuff but.....
matt_wulfeck 9y ago
Have you used Google Photos yet? The benefit of AI is strongly apparent there.
bllguo 9y ago
Technologies like GPS, space travel, even the internet, were created just to improve military capabilities. Do we care, nowadays?