Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Transforming the world and improving the standard of living
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has a great impact on our daily lives. This requires devising methods for reducing threats and developing methods that enhance AI
Delineation of Artificial Intelligence
The foundations of AI were laid back in the 1950s.Artificial Intelligence for a layman is, making computer technology capable enough to act intelligently. It is achieved through massive computational power, a huge amount of data and different machine learning algorithms. On a broader perspective, Artificial Intelligence is divided into two categories:
- Weak AI (Narrow AI or Soft AI); related to software like Image Recognition, Face Recognition, Searching Algorithms, Predictive Systems, Voice Assistants, perform small and limited tasks and domains.
- Strong AI (General AI or Hard AI); related to hardware, robots, Autonomous Weapons, and is of doing multiple and every cognitive task like humans.
The main purpose of AI is to make computers capable of performing Cognitive Tasks. AI-based machines are trained to perform specific tasks better than humans. The scientists are working to create super-intelligent Machines, which would be more intelligent than Humans.
Benefits of Artificial Intelligence
- Increase work efficiency, produce accurate and timely results
- Super Intelligent AI Machines can work 24/7 and reduce manpower.
- It reduces the operational and training cost by using different deep learning algorithms to make the machine learn without writing a new code every single time.
- It helps in improving processes, enables to gather a huge amount of data, organize it and consolidate results from it, which helps in making organizational decisions.
- Helps in performing repetitive, tedious tasks
- Increase revenue, create new job opportunities
- Helps in better lifestyles and assist children and elderly people
Risks of Artificial Intelligence
- Invasion of Privacy
- Used as weapons in war
- Loss of existing jobs
- They require more electric power to functions
Artificial Intelligence is Treacherous
Humans make decisions using three E’s (Education, Emotions and Experience). Scientist still believes that, no matter how intelligent the computer become, there are still some human characteristics that computers cannot learn like emotions.
Instead, AI can be a threat mainly due to these two main reasons,
- AI can be disastrous; it can be dangerous if misused like lethal Autonomous weapons. It is a risk that limits the researchers from developing such fully autonomous devices.
- Super-intelligent AI Machines can use any means to accomplish the task; the actions adopted by the intelligent Machine can cause damage while achieving its goal if the rules are not programmed into the machines. An AI machine’s goals need to be aligned with our goals.
Significance of Safety in Artificial Intelligence
Safety is the foremost priority. Technology should be beneficial to Humans. It is alleged that AI can create machines that are more intelligent than humans. But humans need to be smart enough to manage their own creation and keep control of things.
Common Fables Regarding Advanced Artificial Intelligence
The main reason for these myths is the development of task automation and the impact of super-intelligent AI machines. Some of the common theories are defined as:
- Machines will never be able to surpass the intelligence of Humans
- The changes caused by AI technology are not drastic but it was always hyped.
Experts with the development of AI still concerns privacy invasion. The basic argument is regarding the autonomous robots with weapons and its severe consequences. Intelligent machines developed are mostly goal-oriented. They are trained to perform some specific tasks. It’s the humans that use the AI machines and how much intelligence and authority should be provided to the machines.
Interesting Disputes
There are some factors on which scientists and experts disagree.
- The level of autonomy of AI machines should be defined
- Concerns regarding Job Automation
- Degree of decision power allowed to machines
- Defining the existence of machine in society
Common Research Topics in Artificial Intelligence
Research areas in AI include Economics, Laws, technical concerns like authentication, authorization, security. How much control machines have? Operational conditions of AI machines like Network connectivity, Cyber-attack etc. It is necessary to formulate the policies, ethics related to the risks of Super-Intelligent Machines