Users have to "break" those blocks by typing a word which can relate to any of the text written on them.For example, if the AI displays "Football" on any block, users could write "Lionel Messi" in the space provided below the blocks.The AI processes and matches the word with the text displayed on the blocks. Once the AI matches with the word, it "breaks" the block and some points are awarded.According to Engadget, the development in word vector, an AI-training model that enables algorithms to learn relationships between words based on actual language usage, led to the advancement in natural language processing over the past few years.Kurzweil and Bernstein said that these websites show how AIs' "new capabilities can drive applications that were not possible before".They said other potential applications include "classification, semantic similarity, semantic clustering, whitelist applications (selecting the right response from many alternatives) and semantic search (of which Talk to Books is an example). "Google CEO Sundar Pichai has been "betting big" on advances in AI and machine learning.Earlier this year, Pichai said that AI is one of the most profound things that humanity is working on right now and compared it to basic utilities in terms of its importance. "AI is 'one of the most important things that humanity is working on. It's more profound than, I don't know, electricity or fire," The Verge quoted Pichai as saying.Pichai also said that AI could be used to help solve climate change issues or to cure cancer.

Source: Economic Times April 15, 2018 12:33 UTC