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COGNITIVE CONVERSATIONS:

THE FUTURE OF ENGAGEMENTSUDHA JAMTHE, CEO IoT Disruptions

UXNext, Palo, Alto, CA, USA Oct 20th 2017

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CEO IoTDisruptions, Technology Futurist

Continuing Studies Instructor

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Technology Futurist with a mix of Academic and Global Digital Transformation

Strategic, Entrepreneurial & Operational Experience.

My specialty: Finding gaps for innovation and b-model development in new tech

ecosystems.

AI TECHNOLOGY SPECTRUM

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Machine Learning & Deep Learning

Cognitive IoT

AR/VR

Voice to Text

Text to Speech

Facial

Recognition

Computer Vision

NLP

Machine Intelligence

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AI STARTUP LANDSCAPE

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I HAVE 6 STORIES FOR YOU

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BLURRING THE HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE

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STORY 1: HUMAN MEETS ROBOT

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Creates the need for for voice, conversational, context

driven engagement

STORY 2: GOOGLE HOME MEETS NEST

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Can voice capture social nuances of communication

between humans and machines?

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STORY 3: SILENT CONVERSATIONS

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Mind Controlled Robotic ArmBigAu Teddy with Watson IoT

How can we design for a consistent engagement that

feels authentic to the user?

STORY 4: THE DREAMS OF AN AI

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Deepmind (Google), Alexa’s dreams

Can the interface evolve to a learning interface between

man and machine?

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STORY 5: CHATTING WITH A CHATBOT

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Amy from x.ai Melody Medical Bot from Baidu

Travel, Shopping, Financial, Customer Service, Health Bots: Claire, Clara,

Julie, Ann , Messenger Bot from Kayak, KLM, Expedia, …

How can we design for elements of tone, inflections, and

modulations to represent the desired engagement with the

user?

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Autonomous USPS Trucks

STORY 6: MOBILITY CONVERSATIONS

Voyage.auto Autonomous Taxi

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How can we design for elements of tone, inflections, and

modulations to represent the desired engagement with the

user?

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