Hi. I think AI is a fairly close possibility if we consider just how the technology in which AI can manifest itself is advancing.
A few weeks ago a new smartphone was announced ... with a microchip capable of having an AI.
http://consumer.huawei.com/en/press/news/2017/ifa2017-kirin970/
Imagine thousands or millions of people with a smartphone with such characteristics...
A few weeks ago a new smartphone was announced ... with a microchip capable of having an AI.
http://consumer.huawei.com/en/press/news/2017/ifa2017-kirin970/
Kirin 970 is HUAWEI's first mobile AI computing platform featuring a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU)[...]Simply put, the Kirin 970 can perform the same AI computing tasks faster and with far less power. In a benchmark image recognition test, the Kirin 970 processed 2,000 images per minute, which was faster than other chips on the market.
Imagine thousands or millions of people with a smartphone with such characteristics...