Former Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer turned to a new artificial intelligence assistant called Dazzle to draw up a list of her own child's best qualities for a school celebration, the website infohub.kz reports.
According to Gizmodo, a teacher asked Mayer to name three things about her ten-year-old daughter to mark the girl's birthday. The former top executive admitted the task was a struggle for her, so she handed it over to artificial intelligence. The algorithm studied the photo gallery on the mother's phone and produced a ready answer: the girl is sensitive, creative and loves animals.
Unlike many chatbots that analyze text messages or email, Dazzle focuses specifically on the user's photographs. Its developers believe that the pictures in a gallery are the most accurate reflection of a person's habits, surroundings and lifestyle. The program offers solutions based on the images it sees — for example, suggesting recipes from a photo of the contents of a refrigerator or ordering needed goods.
Mayer positions the project as a visual assistant aimed primarily at women. According to her, women take photos more often and think in visual images. At the same time, the use of smart algorithms to handle personal parenting tasks has drawn a wave of criticism from journalists and experts.