The continued advance of computer intelligence, riding the rails of Moore’s Law, have made events like IBM’s Watson win over two champions on Jeopardy inevitable. While thoughts of the Singularity, a future in which we cannot predict because computers will out-innovate humans, are fascinating to consider, I prefer a human centered future. And augmented reality has a large place in a human centered world.
While the underpinnings of this chess trainer demonstration with its Hiro-markers are circa 2009, the ideas still play out. Instead of concerns that computers like Watson will replace humans, I believe that Watson will help us take advantage of our natural abilities. Instead of wasting time memorizing trivia, we can focus on the combining of dissimilar ideas into new synergies.
So I say, bring on Watson. Just with a side of AR, please.
