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The most promising ones (from the perspective of business) translate research into consumer ready products, not pushing the theoretical bounds of the field.
by pretendscholar 8y ago
The most promising ones (from the perspective of business) translate research into consumer ready products, not pushing the theoretical bounds of the field.
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- patentatt 8y agoThis. R&D is great, and gets us on HN excited, but it takes a Steve Jobs to come along a few years later to produce a product which creates a market which stimulates and funds the next round. Business success is important for technology development. Voice assistants are probably close, but I feel like we’re on the verge of a big category-defining concept/tech/product in the AI field. The basic technology is there, plenty of people can identify needs, but I don’t think we’ve hit the ‘iPhone’ moment yet.