Artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence shown by machines, unlike the common intelligence displayed by humans and animals. Artificial Intelligence is probably the most multifaceted and astonishing creations of humanity yet.
The basic term AI came into existence way back in 1956, it has gained popularity today due to increased data volumes, advanced algorithms and improvement in power storage. But it was in 1960, that US Department of Defense began training computers to mimic human reasoning. This paved the way for the automation and proper reasoning that we see in today’s computers, including the smart search system being designed to complete human work.
Though, Hollywood sci-fi movies like I, Robot; Matrix depicted AI as human-like robots that can empower the world but the current evolution of AI is not that frightening or quite that intelligent. Instead, AI has evolved as an advantage to many industries like healthcare, retail, automation and lot more.
Before we go ahead with AI’s benefits or the limitations, let’s talk about the types of AI that are majorly being used today.
- Artificial narrow intelligence (ANI) or weak AI is the only one we have realized till now. It is designed to perform single task and more of a goal-oriented one, i.e. face recognition, speech/ voice recognition, searching the internet. ANI is pretty intelligent with completing the singular task that it is programmed for. Few of ANI examples are vision recognition in self-driving cars, speech/voice recognition in iPhones and many more.
- Artificial general intelligence (AGI) or strong AI is the idea of making machine that can mimic human intelligence or behavior, including human emotions. AGI can think, understand, and act in a way that is indistinguishable from that of a human in any given situation. But so far, AI scientist and researches have not been able to produce any strong AGI.
- Artificial super intelligence (ASI) is the imaginary AI that not only can mimic or understand human behaviour but can become self-aware of the human-intelligence and ability. Researchers have been working on creating such robots where they can replicate human to great extent. The robot with multi-faceted human intelligence in terms of math, science, sports, art, medicine, hobbies, emotion together with memory power and decision-making capacity. Nonetheless, such robots are yet a hypothetical one.
It is so clear that AI is a troublesome innovation. AI can upgrade the efficiency and production volume of the industry. We have to understand that humans are not always at their best at tedious and redundant errands, while machines never get tired nor will complain. This is where AI begins a significant job: liberating human from drudgery with the focus on interpersonal relations and more creative work.
Now the question is: Will the machine take control? Not if we center around building up the abilities that AI can’t reproduce.
AI definitely has its positive and negative effect on the society. This blog describes both the angles of AI to human life.
Positive Effects of AI
Undoubtedly, it is a fact that AI has helped in the workplace. The advantages of Artificial intelligence applications are massive that it can revolutionize any sector.
- Human error often occur at work as human tends to make mistakes while computers can’t-if programmed well. With AI machines, the decision can be made from the previously gathered information with some algorithms application. Thus, there is reduction in errors and the results are accurate.
- Human fear to take risks while AI programmed robots can do many risky things for us. For examples: exploring the deep oceans, mining coal and oil or work as a bomb diffuser too.
- Average human can work 9-10 hours a day and need some refreshing breaks in between as well. But the machine with AI can run up to 24 hours, these machines can work without any time limitations unlike humans. This can help in educational institutes or helpline centers.
- Humans get bored with the repetitive task at work such as sending mails, verifying documents. But these processes can be passed on to AI based machines and thereby eradicating human mundane activities. For examples: Bank can make use of these systems for verification of documents.
- Some of the advanced organizations use digital assistants to interact with users, saving the need for human resources. Instead of customer care support with humans, there are chat box or voice box to solve customer’s query.
- Human use emotion to step forward in any situation while AI-powered machine works on what is programmed in it and delivers the results in a faster way. It is nearly difficult to win Programmed Chess Games in Windows.
- Apple’s Siri, Window’s Cortana, Google’s OK Google are few of the best examples to AI based human daily activities, that may vary from searching a location, taking a selfie, making a phone call, replying to a mail and many more.
But as they say, “Everything that glitters is not Gold”. As stated initially, AI also has some disadvantages. Below is some descriptive information on the same.
Negative Effects of AI
- AI machines need repairing and maintenance, costing much to the organisation as they are the complex machines.
- Humans tend to get addicted to AI machines, making themselves lazy and creating problem to future generation.
- AI machine is replacing human efforts like work repetition, labour and much more in the firm. This can lead to unemployment in future.
- No doubt that machines works faster and with precision but there can never be human relations built in an organisation.
- There can never be out of the box thinking like humans in the AI machines.
Having described both the advantages and disadvantages of Artificial Intelligence, we as human have to live with the fact that every new innovation will have both its sides. But at the same time, we must ensure that the “rise of the robots” doesn’t take over the human civilization if it goes in the wrong hands.
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