KOCHI: A seeing App that can assist the visually impaired, a tool to prevent avoidable blindness, a data cruncher that can stop school dropouts and a program to help farmers tackle the vagaries of climate change - the power of Artificial Intelligence to solve real life and large-scale problems were detailed here on Friday by a man who is in the midst of some of the most exciting innovations in technology. Joseph Sirosh, corporate vice president, Artificial Intelligence & Research, Microsoft, presented a vision of artificial intelligence (AI) to a packed audience at the #FUTURE Global Digital Summit during a 15-minute video address.
Microsoft's Seeing AI App, empowers the blind to sense the world and hear the world by helping recognise people, understand the environment, handle currency and even help watch TV. "In the future, all software applications will be built in the cloud, all combining data and AI and working with our mobile devices. It will be revolutionary," he said. Mr Sirosh, who was born in Kochi, said states like Kerala have the opportunity to be at the leading edge of the AI revolution. "Understanding, reasoning and interacting are the three powerful capabilities that AI brings to the software", he added.
