You have to see it to believe it.
Google Clips and the UX of AI - The Google Clips project, and the way Josh Lovejoy documents it, is my favorite case study on human-centered machine learning. Tackling a highly emotional topic, it touches on so many interesting challenges & questions surrounding the design of AI and invites you to think about them without assuming or relying on any technical understanding.
The UX of AI - Library - Google Design
Google Photos - NYTimes narrates how Google Photos has leveraged AI to create one of the most emotionally resonant pieces of technology widely used.
How Google Photos Became a Perfect Jukebox for Our Memories
Google Translate - Point your camera at the menu during your next trip to Taiwan and the restaurant’s selections will magically appear in English via the Google Translate app thanks to neural networks working in real-time.
Dog or Muffin? - Not very applicable but good for a laugh :) No playing here but I had to include it as one of my favourite examples of supervised machine learning. Stripping "common sense", how can the machine classify whether an imagine shows a dog or a muffin? For more of these, Google "labradoodle or fried chicken", "puppy or bagel", "shiba or mashmallow", "sheepdog or mop".
BenevolentAI - Today AI is used to design evidence-based treatment plans for cancer patients, instantly analyze results from medical tests to escalate to the appropriate specialist immediately, and conduct scientific research for drug discovery.
A bold proclamation by London-based BenevolentAI (screenshot from About Us page, August 2017).
IBM Project Debater - This video shows the IBM Project Debater springing up persuasive arguments against a human debater. The showcase is followed by a panel discussion in which 2 of the scientist on the team talk through the process of building this.