It won’t be long, now. Facebook is learning what your posts actually mean with a complex technique attempting to understand your posts. Skynet is right around the corner.
Facebook is set to get an even better understanding of the 700 million people who share details of their personal lives using the social network each day.
A new research group within the company is working on an emerging and powerful approach to artificial intelligence known as deep learning, which uses simulated networks of brain cells to process data. Applying this method to data shared on Facebook could allow for novel features, and perhaps boost the company’s ad targeting.