Alexa Prize State of the Art in Conversational AI
40 AI MAGAZINE Artificial intelligence is becoming ubiquitous. With advances in technology, algorithms, and sheer compute power, it is now practical to utilize AI techniques in everyday applications in the domains of transportation, healthcare, gaming, productivity, and media. Yet one seemingly intuitive task for humans still eludes computers: natural conversation. While simple for humans, voice communication in everyday language continues to be one of the most difficult challenges in AI. Human conversation requires the ability to understand the meaning of spoken language, relate that meaning to the context of the conversation, create a shared understanding and world view between the parties, model discourse and plan conversational moves, maintain semantic and logical coherence across turns, and generate
AI Mag.