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Facebook CEO's New Year’s Resolution: Build Artificial Intelligence

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says his new year’s resolution is to build a computerized robot to help him run his home. “My personal challenge for 2016 is to build a simple AI [artificial intelligence] to run my home and help me with my work,” he wrote in a post on his Facebook page. “You can think of it kind of like Jarvis in Iron Man.” Zuckerberg said he will start by “exploring” the technology that is already available. “Then I'll start teaching it to understand my voice...

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