Marc Andreessen once famously said that “software is eating the world” and now “AI is eating software.” All types of technologies, embedded by artificial intelligence, are increasingly built into products and services we use every day, and everywhere in our surroundings. The world around us knows more about us than we do ourselves. Why not benefit from it?
Ambient intelligence (AmI) refers to a system that understands an individual person’s needs, preferences, actions, and emotions, and responds accordingly to create the most-suitable personalized ambience without the need for direct interventions by the individual. Such systems can work in our living rooms, kitchens, workplaces, retail stores, cars, hotels, and even in hospitals.
In this issue of our Sprinting to the Future of Law series, we look at what Ambient Intelligence is, how its adoption is growing rapidly, what important characteristics are required in AmI to be successful, what are underlying technologies, which sectors and organizations would be interested in it, and some legal, operational and ethical considerations involved with Ambient Intelligence.
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