What is Artificial Intelligence? How AI can help you live a better life!
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Many companies or industries are spending millions and billions of money to adopt a way to create value in the technology-driven world.
It is true, that robots are Artificial Intelligence technology but there's more than robots! Some of the applications or products you guys are using for decades now and you haven't even realized it uses AI Technology!
For Example, Netflix or Spotify, they both uses AI technology. Likewise, spam filters on email.
Read Further and know-how AI has changed our entire life from using maps to self-driving cars.
What is Artificial Intelligence?
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Artificial Intelligence is the ability of computer programs or machines to think & learn. These machines are programmed to think like a human and copy their actions.
The goal of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is to function intelligently and independently.
Narrow AI is now a known name for Artificial Intelligence. Which is also known as Weak AI.
It is designed to perform tasks like facial recognition, chess-playing, or self-driving cars. All these tasks are narrow tasks of AI.
The long term goal for Artificial Intelligence (AI) is to create General AI which means Strong AI.
History Of Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial Intelligence is not something new. In the 1940s and 50s, scientists from different fields like engineering, mathematic, political science, psychology & economics discussed the possibility of creating an artificial brain.
And Finally, Artificial Intelligence research was founded as an academic field in 1956.
But earlier in 1951, the first AI level program was written.
In 1955 the first self-learning game playing program was created.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) AI lab was set up in 1959.
In 1961 first Robot was Introduced into GM's assembly.
In 1964 the first demo was shown of an AI program that understood natural language.
In 1965 the first chatbot Eliza was Invented.
In 1997 IBM Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov at chess.
In 1999 Sony Introduced AIBO.
In 2011 IBM Watson Beats Jeopardy Champions.
Likewise Siri, Google Now, Cortana, are some of the greatest inventions in AI fields.
How Does Artificial Intelligence (AI) Work?
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AI has a simple definition "Building Machines that are Intelligent" but it doesn't explain what artificial intelligence is ? or how it works?
John Mc Carthy was one who came up with the name "Artificial Intelligence" in 1955.
The word "Artificial Intelligence" means a program that mimics human cognition.
But how do AI works? Artificial intelligence has 5 basic components which are :
1) Learning
Learning is one of the main fundamental units of Artificial Intelligence.
Which the Trial and error method is the key to achieve success. The main aim of learning is to solve problems and translate data independently/without human interference.
Mainly learning model divides into two groups :
a) Supervised Learning: In simple words, when the system provides algorithms to support future judgments.
The main goal of Supervised learning is to produce an accurate mapping function that whenever any new input is given, the algorithm can predict the output (future).
And whenever the algorithm makes a prediction, either it is corrected or it will give feedback until it achieves an acceptable level of results.
b) Unsupervised Learning: Without any external feedback, the unsupervised model focus on learning a pattern of input data. In simple words, unsupervised learning is when all the data is unlabeled and algorithms learn the pattern forming in input data.
Principle components & Cluster analysis are the two main methods used in unsupervised learning.
2) Reasoning
The reasoning is a set of processes deriving logical conclusion and makes decisions & predictions.
In AI, the reasoning is very important so that the machine can also think humanly. Thinking humanly means trying to understand &model how the human mind works & makes decisions or predictions.
There are broadly two types of reasoning:
a) Inductive Reasoning: In this type, it conducts specific observations to conclude using united sets of data by the process of general statements.
In simple words, inductive reasoning makes the board generalization from specific observations.
Example: You saw all of the cows in the barnyard are brown.
conclusion: therefore we can expect all the cows to be brown.
b) Deductive Reasoning: It examines the possibility to reach a specific and logical conclusion with the help of general statements or hypotheses.
Deductive reasoning, which requires various rules & facts. It is a type of propositional logic in AI.
Example: All men above 65 are grandfathers. John is 70 Years old.
Conclusion: John is a grandfather.
3) Language Understanding
Have you ever talked with Alexa, Siri, Cortana, or google assistant?
And asked questions like What's the weather today? or Any Chinese restaurant nearby?
The answer you received from these programs is called data-supported answers.
How can Siri or Google Assistant understand that what you are interested to know? The program for that is called NLU which is Natural Language Understanding.
It is a branch of artificial intelligence that uses computer Softwares to understand input and makes in the form of sentences in text or speech format.
Natural Language Understanding is an AI method of communicating with an intelligent system using natural language like English.
The output from NLU can be in speech or written text format.
4) Perception
It is the process of interpreting acquire, selection, and then organizing the sensory data or facts which are required from the real world.
In simple words, it is a process of interpreting smell, touch, vision, and sound like human beings.
It is exactly how the human brain works. The human brain is divided into two parts, the Left part is Rational (logic one) and Right part is Perception (smell, touch, sound,etc.)
The best example of perception is Robot playing chess which grabs the piece of chess and makes it move.
5) Problem Solving
According to Psychology "A problem solving refers to a state where we wish to reach a definite goal from a present state or condition."
According to Computer science "A problem solving is a part of Artificial Intelligence which encompasses a number of techniques such as algorithms, Heuristics to solve a problem."
The main goal of AI is to solve problems independently.
But, How it will recognize problems? or How it will predict problems?
So whenever a problem arrives it converts the problem into state space.
State-space is a process in which the intention is finding a goal state with the desired property in which states of an instance are considered.
For which it needs to collect knowledge by observing various facts, problem, or data. Then this knowledge should be applied to reach the goal state which solves the problems.
How Artificial Intelligence is Helping us?
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AI drives your life on a daily basis. whether you're watching a movie or listing songs or even getting driving directions, AI is everywhere around us.
The most common places you see AI is on Social Media.
Twitter also uses Artificial Intelligence technology for deleting or blocking inappropriate or violated content and at the same time, it is increasing user experience.
Instagram is also using Artificial intelligence to target advertising and for users who are violating policy and also deleting offensive comments/content.
LinkedIn uses Artificial Intelligence to help and match candidates with jobs by creating better employee-employer matches.
Likewise, Chatbots, are so accurate that you wouldn't even recognize that you are talking to a program or system.
In the automobile industry, Tesla is a huge example of Artificial Intelligence. As they are upgrading day by day with self-driving cars and self-parking systems.
For Self-driving cars and parking systems, tesla uses deep learning technology. Deep Learning is a subset of Artificial Intelligence.
It helps to recognize space around the vehicle.
Many e-commerce websites like Amazon, Flipkart, and other online retailers use AI technology for product recommendation.
They use AI to gather information about your buying habits and they suggest the best recommendation on that basis.
Likewise in music, for example, Google Play. It will suggest you songs on the basis of your previous song. AI also helps to suggest a song on its type whether it's sad or happy or on the basis of the artist.
Their systems help you digitally with your everyday work, task, need, or even questions or recommendations.
AI is a key component of their systems or programs.
Generally, they are learning from your everyday interactions. What you ask, Your daily routine, your most visited places, everything. And based on that, they predict and found you the best answer to your choices.
AI Products/Applications we use daily
1) SmartPhones
Companies like Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, Google, or etc are using AI technology on a huge platform.
Ai is even used to improve photo quality.
Companies are spending million & Billions every year on AI Technology. They are using AI chips which can perform about 5 trillion operations per second and use less power to complete the task.
2) Social Media
As I have discussed earlier in this article were Instagram, LinkedIn, & Twitter is using AI to delete violated and inappropriate content. Scroll up and read in Detail.
3) Banking and Finance
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Banking and Finance are also using AI technology to meet these expectations where customers can enable service from mobile through e-banking, mobile banking, and real-time money transfers.
Most of finance and banks are using predictive analysis type of AI technology.
Financer like ZESTfinance, DATAROBOT, SCIENAPTIC system, &, etc are using AI in different types of ways to improve customer expectations. (click here to read more)
4)Navigation & Traveling
Traveling and navigation are incomplete without Artificial Intelligence.
If you are using google or apple maps! you are using AI Technology. If you are booking uber or calling an uber! You are using AI TEchnology.
AI technology has helped to make maps more useful & engaging.
Machine Learning an AI technology has also played a massive role in maps by mapping out areas that lack formal street signs & house numbers.
While in uber, prices and which match your ride request both are decided by AI.
5) Face Lock in Your Phones
Face lock was launched in Spet 2017 by Apple. Apple used the AI-based algorithm for its face lacking system.
Using AI Phones easily identifies the user's face and the fun part is, it can even recognize your face if your glasses are on or even if you have grown a beard.
Conclusion
Likewise, I said AI is everywhere from maps to self-driving cars.
And Future AI can achieve even more great discoveries.
Which can be more useful for mankind and nature.
AI system ability will help people to improve their performance & help them saving time & increasing efficiency.
While in nature as in current scientists are using AI technology for Disaster Preparedness.
Comment down below, On which areas, companies should use Artificial Intelligence Technology to develop them further?
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