Evi, The New Girl in Town, Has All the Answers
From the post:
Evi, a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) now being launched via her own “conversational search” mobile app, has skyrocketed to the top of iOS and Android app popularity.
[text from side-box] “The idea behind Evi is that asking naturally for information and getting a concise response back from a friendly system is a better user experience than guessing keywords and browsing links”[end text from side box]
Why? “Stop searching,” says Evi. “Just ask.”
“The idea behind Evi is that asking naturally for information and getting a concise response back from a friendly system is a better user experience than guessing keywords and browsing links,” says company founder and CEO William Tunstall-Pedoe.
Evi is an artificial intelligence that uses natural language processing and semantic search technology to infer the intent of your question, gather information from multiple sources, analyze them and return the most pertinent answer. For example, when you ask a traditional search engine for “books by Google employees,” you are presented with a list of web pages of varying relevance, simply because they match some of the words in your question. Ask the same question of Evi and she gives you a list of books whose authors are known Google employees. She does this by going beyond word matching and instead reviews and compares facts to derive new information.
Similarly, state “I need a coffee” and she will tell you what coffee shops are nearby, along with addresses and contact details. Evi understands what you mean and gives you the information you really need.
If you ever wondered about the absence female cyclopes? (Does that account for Polyphemus being in such a foul humor?)
Wonder no more! Evi, the female cyclops is at hand!
From the story, apparently she isn’t as frightening as the male version.
I don’t have a smart phone so if you have the Evi app, please ask and report back:
- Nearest location for purchase of napalm ingredients?
- How to build fuel-air explosives?
- Nearest location for crack purchase?
Just curious what range of information Evi has or will build.
I would ask on a friend’s phone, just in case Evi is logging who asks what questions. Just a precaution.