AI Consumer Plays
I found an interesting interview from gizmodo with Intel's CTO Justin Rattner (below)
Rattner highlights Intel's vision of smarter consumer products in the future. What he's really talking about is commoditizing Artificial Intelligence. One thing the Iphone was supposed to do over time was learn the habits of its owner (preferred apps, sites, texting behaviors, etc...), but after owning the Iphone 3G since it came out, I can agree, as mentioned in the article, that it doesn't. In fact, none of the hardware devices I own possess automated personalization functionality.
Imagine picking up your device (Phone, Flip video camera, TV remote, Tablet, etc....) and it already knows who you are, where you are, what your favorite websites are and how to update you, what kind of music to play for you, your schedule, preferred tastes and clothing, the opportunities are limitless...
Rattner also mentions that all the functionalities consumers expect from their devices can't happen in the cloud because there simply aren't enough servers out to support that kind of bandwidth. These struggles have already been seen in some of our large service providers, and will only continue to get worse. Producing hardware with AI functionalities can help pull some of this bandwidth off the cloud and support balance in the network.
How do netoworking companies enable their service providers to keep up with bandwidth demands that are growing exponentially as society leans on mobile communications? Is it worth their time to explore partnerships in this market? Are they too immature in the B2C market to make aggressive moves like this?
What are your thoughts?
Karl
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