Blunsom says that rather than focusingon apps like "Conversation, " current research is aimed at speeding up and improving text-based translators and bringing lesser-used languages up to the same speed.
At a recent Wharton San Francisco event with the Churchill Club, a Silicon Valley tech and business forum, whether technology will power the next job boom dominated conversation, particularly focusingon the growing gap between the number of college graduates and the number of jobs available.