AI
could be on either end of two extremes-man’s best invention or worst.in its
best light, artificial intelligence would showcase robots, drones, machines
serving us making daily life easier and more efficient or, as seen in movies,
taking over the human race and entirely replacing the work force leading to
unemployment, depression and general laziness.
The study of artificial intelligence formally began in
Dartmouth college in 1956, as an effort by a group of research scientists to
evaluate and mechanically replicate human intelligence. That is, they wanted to
program machines to think and respond like humans. Their research was based on
the assumption that a machine can be made to simulate learning. Reasoning,
logic and intelligence demonstrated by humans when given proper description and
direction.
Every future invention by man will have its base in AI. Every invention will require an
intelligently thinking bot to perform tasks faster and more efficiently than
their human counterparts.
Essay grading software, weapons that have minds of their
own, siri by Apple, kiect the 3D gaming interface, Watson by IBM – formerly a
trivia expert machine now used to make decisions on lung cancer treatment and
smart CCTV that can identify crime as it happens: these are the varied ad most
advanced production of AI.
February 2013, was the revelation of the world’s first
bionic man-Rex(the robotic exoskeleton), complete with artificial organs,
synthetic blood and robotic limbs. This one million dollar project is currently
on display at London science museum. Rex can walk, hear, make fairly intelligible
conversation, etc. this brings up memories of the movie bicentennial man and
the possibility of human-robot romance overtaking the current human-vampire
fad.
