How Today's Jungle of Artificial Intelligence Will Spawn Sentience

You don't have a flying car, jetpack, or ray gun, but this is still the future. How do I know? Because we're all surrounded by artificial intelligence. I love when friends ask me when we'll develop smart computers...because they're usually holding one in their hands. Your phone calls are routed with artificial intelligence. Every time you use a search engine you're taking advantage of data collected by 'smart' algorithms. When you call the bank and talk to an automated voice you are probably talking to an AI...just a very annoying one.

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