Do you
like to play chess? Until a couple of decades ago, only humans played chess.
But guess what today there are machines which can play chess. One such
chess-playing machine was Deep Blue. This machine is so intelligent that it
even defeated the world chess champion Garry Kasparov. Can you believe that?
One major
element that puts human-race ahead of all other living or non-living things is
'intelligence'. But with advancements in AI, this line is becoming thinner day
by day. Have you ever had an iPhone and gave voice commands to 'Siri' to locate
your favorite restaurant or a nearby movie theater? How do you think Siri can
understand what you said and respond to your commands? All thanks to artificial
intelligence. Now-a-days AI machines have become so smart that they even know
how to drive (do they also need to have a driver's license?)
All these Ai inventions and
technologies seem to be very interesting and promising. But at the same time, I
feel them as a threat to the very existence of humans (may be because I watch
too many science fiction movies where machines created by humans take over
their masters and rule the world.) I hope AI machines will not be the last
invention made by humans as mentioned in James Barrat's new book “Our Final Invention.” Image Courtesy:
Hi Usha,
ReplyDeleteVery nice work on you blog! We are thinking on the same way. When I saw the topic, artificial intelligence, playing chess is the first image which appeared in my mind. Your blog did engage me directly. Actually, I have the same feeling about artificial intelligence. At one side, I enjoy the advantages of what the artificial intelligence bring. On the other hand, I am scared if the artificial intelligence will hurt us if they loss human’s control. So complicated feeling.
So this is interesting. I like that you use multiple examples. I remember watching a documentary that featured Deep Blue. You could have gone into more information on how IBM developed Deep Blue and how they followed up by creating a new artificial intelligence, Watson, and had it play on Jeopardy. Siri is a good example of how people use voice recognition software for convenience, although I tend to operate my iPhone manually out of habit.
ReplyDeleteI feel confident that robots will never take us over, since human programmers would have to allow such behavior in the first place, which is for the better.
Hi Usha, Nice job. Your AI post is very well written and informative. I liked that you use an image which giving visual idea of your post. I also liked that you provided couple of examples to describe AI. It would be better if explain little bit more about Deep Blue features. I agree with Christopher that “robots will never take us over”. It is only possible in science fiction movies.
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