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Artificial intelligence is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. Specific applications of AI include expert systems, natural language processing, speech recognition, and machine vision.

In short: Artificial intelligence is made up of three components: machine learning, advanced analytics, and autonomous engine.

Artificial intelligence is already present in our world today through the first two components (machine learning/advanced analytics) which are being used to make recommendations on Netflix or recommend products for Amazon shoppers.

However, the third component of artificial intelligence (autonomous engine) is what should worry us because it’s about computers making decisions without human intervention.

This leads me to believe that humans will never become obsolete but rather we’ll focus more on higher-level tasks such as making major decisions and guiding how machines learn and process information.

In addition to being useful in making decisions based on past events, artificial intelligence has many other practical uses. In medicine, it’s used to power robotic surgery and to help doctors diagnose patients.

It provides a number of tools for law enforcement agencies that allow them to speed up investigations and more thoroughly process crime scenes.

It also enhances online search results with information from previous searches enabling you to get exactly what you’re looking for faster than ever before.

Despite all its benefits, artificial intelligence is still not entirely foolproof. While it can be near impossible at times for even people to distinguish between a chatbot and a human, machines haven’t reached that level of intelligence just yet.

In fact, some experts say that true artificial intelligence is impossible as consciousness can not be artificially simulated.

In addition to being useful in making decisions based on past events, artificial intelligence has many other practical uses. In medicine, it’s used to power robotic surgery and to help doctors diagnose patients.

It provides a number of tools for law enforcement agencies that allow them to speed up investigations and more thoroughly process crime scenes.

It also enhances online search results with information from previous searches enabling you to get exactly what you’re looking for faster than ever before.

Despite all its benefits, artificial intelligence is still not entirely foolproof. While it can be near impossible at times for even people to distinguish between a chatbot and a human, machines haven’t reached that level of intelligence just yet.

In fact, some experts say that true artificial intelligence is impossible as consciousness can not be artificially simulated.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the other hot topic in tech these days, along with blockchain, which I also wrote about last month.

Like Blockchain, AI reaches beyond whether or not it’s overhyped; it’s about how much impact AI will have on our everyday lives.

The truth is that artificial intelligence has reached a point where it’s already affecting almost every aspect of our lives, and its influence will only continue to grow.

AI isn’t some distant future technology; it’s already embedded into the technologies we use every day: your smartphone, voice assistants like Amazon Alexa or Google Home (still waiting for AI that can link my headphones and phone and switch between Spotify playlists accordingly), online search engines, Netflix recommendations, spam filters on email and social media accounts, software that recognizes speech patterns, digital assistants like Siri, self-driving cars.

It doesn’t take too close of an inspection before you realize even the simplest functions around your house are likely using some form of AI.

Then there are data-mining companies like Cambridge Analytica, who reportedly influenced the US presidential election and Brexit votes through harvesting personal data from social media users. This is an important issue, but not one I’m going to attempt to cover in this article.

What I will try to do is provide a clear explanation of what AI is and why we’re all affected by it even if we aren’t necessarily aware of it. So let’s start with the basics:

What exactly is Artificial Intelligence?

At its most fundamental, AI is about machines doing things that we normally need intelligent beings (i.e., humans) to accomplish for us. In order for something to be considered artificial intelligence, there needs to be some kind of machine learning or self-generation occurring where a machine can make decisions on its own, without being explicitly programmed to perform a task.

This can be as simple as having an automated script that’s capable of determining whether or not what you type into the webpage is spam (which I’ve admittedly done several times accidentally).

That doesn’t require much thought or analysis; it’s just input and output. Or it can be something like Google Home playing music for you based on your previous music tastes.

But AI can also work independently to make decisions, like shooting drones out of the sky if they’re determined unsavory, which was demonstrated by the US military last year.

So how do we define what AI can do? According to Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, artificial intelligence is made up of three components :

The first component of AI is machine learning: the ability of a machine to learn without being programmed.

It’s more than just programming a machine to follow a task; it’s giving it the capacity to make its own decisions while carrying out that task.

Machine learning is how we get recommendation engines as you find on Netflix, Spotify, and Amazon. You’re shown items that other people who look/listen/shop like you also enjoyed (and hopefully they’re good recommendations because 3rd party companies actually pay up for them).

These recommendations are based on data sets that have been compiled from previous users’ preferences and purchases across various platforms.

The second component of AI is advanced analytics: crunching large amounts of structured and unstructured data through algorithms in order to derive insights that can inform future decisions.

This is how we get things like the Netflix recommendation engine mentioned above. Big data collected from a large number of users across a wide range of products and services allows 3rd party companies to create recommendations for you based on your unique preferences.

The third component of AI is autonomous ed science: when machines can independently carry out tasks or make decisions without human intervention.

That’s where things get scary/cool. We have artificially intelligent machines making military strikes, driverless cars, and delivering packages through Amazon Prime Air drones (which isn’t official Prime Air policy yet but it will be soon enough).

The capabilities listed above are all examples of artificial intelligence that already exists today, not some far-off, distant future.

That’s why it’s so important to discuss the implications of developing artificial intelligence in a way that goes beyond simple automation.

When we think about what else AI can do for us in the future, we have to realize how much is going on right under our noses already.

The most fundamental part of this discussion, however, is understanding that when we’re talking about artificial intelligence and machine learning, we aren’t just talking about automating existing jobs or tasks.

The fundamental point of all three components listed above is that a machine or program can make decisions without an explicit set of instructions from a human being (whether they be programmers or managers).

This means that any type of task where decisions are made based on previous data could be at risk of being outsourced to a machine.

So what will humans do?

It’s a common concern among people who think about artificial intelligence and the jobs it could potentially take over.

And yes, there are going to be certain jobs that become obsolete as a result of the velocity at which machines can process information.

However, one thing we have to remember is that AI doesn’t exist in a vacuum; it’s developed by human beings.

At present, those human beings are still in control of how those machines learn, what they learn from that data, and how they make decisions based on it.

Humans may lose certain tasks as a result of this technical evolution but I don’t know if any of us actually we’ll eventually be replaced entirely.

The other point to consider is that AI isn’t going to take away every job from humans. In fact, it’s going to allow us to become more efficient and productive at work by taking over the tasks that we find mundane and pointless (I’m looking at you, Excel spreadsheet makers).

Maybe this means we get a cut in our pay but if we were doing our actual jobs right in the first place, there wouldn’t be a need for a machine to take them over.

So while it’s easy enough to imagine a world where robots have taken over all of our menial tasks, what about when they’re actually running the show.

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