Amazon's Jeff Bezos: 'It's the first inning' of AI

RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California — If you're excited about artificial intelligence and machine learning now, just wait until you see what's coming around the bend.

Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, the company behind one of the most popular consumer-grade home AI devices on the market — Amazon Echo and its Alexa voice assistant — told The Verge's Walt Mossberg at the annual Code Conference on Tuesday night that "It’s the first inning. It might even be the first guys up at bat. We're on the edge of the golden age [of AI]."