Artificial Intelligence

 

What exactly is AI (artificial intelligence)?

The term "artificial intelligence" (AI) describes the process of programming machines to behave and think like humans. The term may likewise be applied to any machine that shows characteristics related to a human psyche, for example, learning and critical thinking.

The capacity of artificial intelligence to rationalize and take actions that have the best chance of achieving a particular objective is its best quality. Machine learning (ML) is a subset of artificial intelligence that is based on the idea that computer programs can automatically learn from and adapt to new data without the assistance of humans. Deep learning techniques make this automatic learning possible, which takes in a lot of unstructured data, like text, images, or videos.

What are the four categories of AI?

Four categories can be applied to artificial intelligence.

• Reactive AI - uses algorithms to make the best possible outputs from a set of inputs. AIs that play chess, for instance, are reactive systems that figure out the best way to win the game. Reactive AI is typically rather static and incapable of learning or adapting to novel circumstances. Given the same inputs, it will thus produce the same output. 

• Limited memory AI - can modify itself in response to new information or experiences. The name comes from the fact that there is typically a limited amount of updating and a relatively short length of memory. Autonomous vehicles, for instance, can "read the road" and respond to new circumstances, even "learning" from previous experiences.

• Theory-of-mind AI - is completely adaptable and has a lot of capacity to learn from and remember past experiences. Advanced chatbots, for example, have the ability to pass the Turing Test and deceive people into thinking they are talking to a real person. These AI are impressively advanced but self-aware.

• Self-aware AI - as the name proposes, becomes cognizant and mindful of its reality. Still, some experts think that an AI will never become conscious or "alive" in science fiction.

How is AI currently used?

Today, AI is used extensively in a variety of applications that range in sophistication. Popular AI implementations include recommendation algorithms that suggest what you might like next and chatbots that appear on websites or in the form of smart speakers (such as Alexa or Siri). Weather and financial forecasting predictions are made with AI, production processes are streamlined, and various forms of redundant cognitive labor (such as tax accounting or editing) are reduced. Playing games, driving an autonomous vehicle, processing language, and a lot more are all applications of AI.