Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a machine or application which carries out a task that requires some degree of intelligence when carried out by a human being. These tasks could include:
- the use of a language
- carrying out a mathematical calculation or function
- recognising a person’s face
- the ability to operate machinery, such as a car, an aeroplane or a train
- analysing data to predict the outcome of a future event, such as weather forecasting
The impact of AI
People often associate AI with science fiction, fantasy and robots.
Numerous films and books fuel this association.
The science fiction author, Isaac Asimov, went so far as to produce his own three laws of robotics:
- A robot may not injure a human through action or inaction.
- A robot must obey orders given by humans without question.
- A robot must protect itself unless it conflicts with the two laws above.
However, AI goes way beyond robotics.
It covers a number of areas, such as:
- autonomous (driverless) vehicles
- artificial limb technology
- drones, used to carry out dangerous or unpleasant tasks such as bomb disposal, welding, or entering nuclear disaster areas
- climate change predictions
- medical procedures, such as eye operations where extreme precision is required.
The impacts of AI on society, the economy and the environment
Transport
- Some taxi companies are already looking at the introduction of autonomous (driverless) cars.
- A customer can call up the taxi using an app on their mobile phone, which also automatically handles the payment.
Criminal justice system
- Advances in facial recognition systems is making fingerprinting in forensic science almost obsolete.
- AI is also being used to automate legal work and some courts in the USA have trialled the use of AI to sentence criminals and even decide if a prisoner is eligible for parole.
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(AI) is a machine or application which carries out a task that requires some degree of intelligence when carried out by a human being.
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