University:
Boston University
Course:
ENG EC 410 | Introduction to Electronics
Academic year:

2023
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137

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13
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Lafuentedqri

Artiﬁcial Intelligence What is AI? AI, or Artificial Intelligence, is “the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings.” Weak AI Weak AI requires built-in responses in order to answer any questions. In other words, they do not have the ability to develop their own responses or reactions. Strong AI Strong AI can adapt to unique situations by having a mind that can think creatively. An important idea to keep in mind is that they do not need already programmed responses built-in, unlike weak AI. They will learn from past encounters and experiences to answer in their own way. When was AI First Introduced? 1935 was the year that initially sprouted the idea of AI. Alan Turing, a well-known mathematician and computer scientist, introduced the idea — called Turing’s conception — of a machine that would have memories to understand a series of symbols and use this previous information to continue writing and understanding more symbols. Evolution of AI Examples of AI ● ● ● ● ● Siri (Apple’s personal assistant) ○ A digital personal assistant ○ Helps us find information, find directions, send messages, and other shortcuts on our devices ○ Uses machine-learning technology to get smarter and improve ability to predict/understand our “natural language” Alexa (Amazon) ○ Deciphers speech ○ Assists those with limited mobility ○ Helps shop, surf the web, play music, etc. Self-driving cars Netflix And more! Adapting to AI Advertisement - Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok Assistance - Google, Siri, Alexa Jobs - Engineers, Healthcare, Creative AI in Action: Will AI Effect our Jobs? Due to the pandemic, it was impossible for certain jobs to continue. Businesses decided to use automation and AI to quickly fix the problem of no workers. Unemployment was increasing as robots and machines took over jobs that required humans. Will AI Effect Our Jobs cont. Cons: ◎ About 400,000 jobs were lost due to automation in the United States 1990 - 2007 ◎ Robots can replace up to two million workers in manufacturing by 2025 ◎ Low class can possibly be out of a job by 2030 BUT... ◎ Also allows for many new job opportunities ○ Jobs will be needed to support the technology created ◎ Can assist humans in jobs they currently have rather than explicitly taking them away Technological Singularity ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ What is it? ○ “A hypothetical point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable changes to human civilization” Human assistance is no longer required in the world of technology While originally a conspiracy rooted from science-fiction, recently it has become a popular debate Murray Shanahan, author of The Technological Singularity claims that singularity as both an existential threat to humanity and an existential opportunity for humanity to poses transcend its limitations ○ “Apocalypse or utopia?” Final Thoughts Currently, AI continues to assist people in making our lives, jobs, and everyday tasks more convenient. As often portrayed in media, however, AI creations are frequently seen as evil beings who take over humans’ jobs and eventually spiral out of control. At least in the near future, researchers believe AI will not equate to human intelligence, and fortunately, we most likely will not have to worry about the human race being overpowered by an army of robots :) Artificial Intelligence is something that fascinates all of us, and we are excited to see how it will impact the future firsthand!