04/01/2016
Mark Zuckerberg is known for setting himself tough challenges -- whether that's learning Mandarin, promoting equality, or (controversially) trying to solve global Internet access -- but this year the Facebook founder just took things to another level. His personal project for 2016 is to bring Jarvis, Iron Man's trusty digital assistant, to life.That isn't exactly true. Zuck wants to build his own AI (artificial intelligence) bot to help him run his life more efficiently -- but he references Jarvis, probably the best example, to explain his lofty ambition.Here's what Zuckerberg said:My personal challenge for 2016 is to build a simple AI to run my home and help me with my work. You can think of it kind of like Jarvis in Iron Man.I'm going to start by exploring what technology is already out there. Then I'll start teaching it to understand my voice to control everything in our home -- music, lights, temperature and so ...