Proactive software agents

Published 2014-04

Products and services using Proactive software agents are generally available around 2017

Verdict

hitTwo blind graders agree (D7, rule D37). The auditor agent confirmed it (D11).

Grader A: hit
Grader B: hit
agrees with A, without seeing its verdict
Audit: confirmed
in the fixed audit sample (D11)
Published: hit

Grader A: hit

Google Now (July 2012) proactively pushed predicted information cards to all Android users; Gmail Priority Inbox (2010) sorted mail. Available before the poster.

Test: D37 Horizons: proactive assistant products buyable or usable by ordinary consumers by 2019 (earlier counts).

Google Now (Wikipedia) (2012-07-09): Launched with Android 4.1; proactively delivered information predicted from user habits as cards.

Grader B: hit

Google Now (2012) gave proactive predictive cards; Gmail Priority Inbox (2010) and Inbox by Gmail (2014) sorted email; AI meeting-scheduling assistants (x.ai, Clara) were sold by 2016. Available by 2017.

Test: Consumers or businesses could use such an agent by 2019 (earlier counts).

Google Now (2012-07-09): Proactive assistant delivering predicted information cards to Android users from 2012.
Inbox by Gmail (2014-10-22): Email client that auto-bundled mail and surfaced proactive reminders, available to consumers from 2014.

All captured fields

id: hz-2014-005
category: Neurotechnology and cognitive technologies
kind: technology
target year: 2017
placed year: 2017
milestones: {"scientifically_viable":2014,"mainstream":2016,"financially_viable":2017}
confidence: medium
note: Numbered dot (mainstream point) at 2016.5, midway between the 2016 and 2017 lines (read as 2016). Bar from 2013.8 to 2016.7: scientifically viable ~2014, financially viable ~2017. The bar reaches the inner edge of the grid (~2014), so scientific viability may be at or before the chart start. Sub-area: Neural network computing. The poster's description for this item ends with a pasted fragment of item 1's text ('...potential usages.etworked computers to statistically determine the probability of crime...'); the interpretation keeps only the first part.