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From what you see in movies and on TV, it's easy to think that true artificial intelligence has arrived. But in reality, it's still mostly a dream. 

Our latest video (our 80th!) explains the basics of artificial intelligence, where we are today and what we can expect in the future. 

What it Teaches:

The goal of artificial intelligence is to create computers that are as intelligent as humans. Achieving this goal is a huge, huge challenge. Today, researchers are making progress and forms of artificial intelligence are starting to appear in everyday life. This video teaches:

• Why artificial intelligence is so challenging to create
• How we use forms of artificial intelligence today
• What is required for computers to teach themselves
• Why empathy and emotional intelligence are very difficult for computers
• What we may see in the distant future

Watch the full video now

We'd like to thank Tim Urban at What But Why for inspiring some of the ideas in this video. His article on The Artificial Intelligence Revolution is a classic. 

The Explainer Academy Launch is Just Weeks Away

The Explainer Academy is one the biggest projects we've ever taken-on. Over months, we've developed completely new and original approaches to teaching the skill of explanation.

The "Explanation Master Course" is a multimedia experience with dozens of short, animated videos, visuals, quizzes, exercises and downloadable templates and guides. 

Want to be notified when it launches (and get a discount)? Sign up for updates here.

More Cut-outs!

Our library of downloadable Cut-outs continues to grow. We now have over 2,350 handcrafted visuals for presentations, videos and more.  

Get unlimited access starting at $49 a year. 

We often get requests to make a video about healthcare reform. Unfortunately, it's a subject that's very fluid - by the time finished a video, it may be out of date.

Thankfully, our friend Dan Roam (who wrote the book Back of the Napkin) has stepped up to the challenge and created a simple way to explain healthcare/insurance reform. Check it out:

Today we published a new video called "Preparing an Emergency Kit in Plain English."

This video represents a new kind of relationship for Common Craft. A while back, we were contacted by Public Safety Canada (PSC) about this subject and we saw a couple of opportunities.  First, we could work on a video that has the potential to have a positive impact.  Second, we saw an opportunity for a win-win in terms of the video's ownership - something we call a hybrid relationship.

Emergency kits are a widely accepted part of emergency preparedness and most agree on what a kit should contain.  The opportunity we saw was to work with PSC to create an emergency kit video that would fit their needs and give us an opportunity to offer a similar video for licensing on commoncraft.com. So, PSC received a video built for their Canadian audience and we have a video with versions appropriate for our American audience. We see this as a win-win and enjoyed working with PSC to make it happen. 

This video offers governments and organizations focusing on emergency preparedness a quick and effective way to help citizens get started on building their kits. It can be licensed and branded for use in training and education, or on public facing websites.

Watch the video here.