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Opinion

BY TED HEWITT

October 3, 2016

OTTAWA—“Siri,” I asked my phone one evening not long ago, “what’s playing at the ByTowne Cinema?” The reply came back, “Here are directions to your nearest Boston Pizza.” Artificial intelligence systems, like my smartphone’s virtual assistant, may still have some way to go in imp...

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