" That's where AI is today; it can solve immediate problems as they arise, sometimes better than people themselves. "

Everyone knows Siri, Apple's intelligent personal assistant that uses voice queries and a natural language user interface to answer questions and make recommendations, continuously adapting to users' individual language usages, searches and preferences. But not as many people have heard of Antoine Blondeau, a technology entrepreneur and investor with 20 years of leadership experience in technology marketing worldwide. Mr. Blondeau was president & COO of Zi Corporation, a developer of intelligent user interface software, and CEO of Dejima, a developer of distributed Artificial Intelligence software. He is now co-chairman of the world's high funded AI company Sentient Technologies.
“In the field of Artificial Intelligence, we’re moving towards a critical mass, which was impossible to predict 15-16 years ago,” says Mr. Blondeau. Sentient Technologies has patented evolutionary and perceptual capabilities that provide customers with highly sophisticated solutions, powered by the largest compute grid dedicated to distribute artificial intelligence. “We can already see a time when AI will be an industry, just like the telecoms or automobile sector.”
We asked him about his vision for the future and which business opportunities he sees arising from AI.
The three biggest misconceptions about Artificial Intelligence according to Antoine Blondeau: