How Smart Is Today's Artificial Intelligence

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Retail businesses also use similar systems to offer ‘chat’ functions to their

Reading section customers when they visit their websites. This allows customers to have
their questions answered without the need of a customer service assistant.
The software is able to read sentences and understand complex grammar
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence of machines. As a general rule, so it can ‘comprehend’ questions.
anything can be considered artificial intelligence if it implicates a program
doing something that we would typically think would depend on the NARROW VS. GENERAL
intelligence of a human being. With technology becoming an essential part
of our everyday lives, AI has become a topic of debates and discussions Narrow artificial intelligence is meant to meet certain tasks and the general
where advocates consider it as a blessing and for opponents, it is a artificial intelligence are those machines designed to reason. Examples
calamity. Yet, like any technology, there is no inherent good or evil in AI, it include self-driving cars, computer vision procession for medical diagnosis,
will simply depend on how humans implement and use it. and weather forecasting. In essence, narrow AI works in a limited context
and is unable to handle unexpected experiences. While this does not sound
The different levels of artificial intelligence and there are different categories impressive, in fact, it is this type of AI which will have the greatest effect on
within the domain of artificial intelligence. They include: displacing workers as it is exceptional in performing routine jobs.
Apple’s virtual assistant, Siri, or Google’s voice search feature is also prime
STRONG VS . WEAK examples of some AI applications that are making our lives easier every
day.
Strong artificial intelligence refers to the work that looks to genuinely imitate
a human. The weak artificial intelligence simply aims to build systems that
are able to behave in the same manner as humans do, but do not aim at QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER:
thinking as humans think. According to SAS, there are current uses of
1. Researchers also aim at introducing an emotional aspect into AI machines.
strong AI and that their edge against people is noticeable. Within the
How will this affect our lives?
banking and finance sectors, algorithms are designed to incorporate high
2. We are still unsure about the future of artificial intelligence. Is artificial
level intelligence to analyze payments and transactions. By doing so, these
intelligence a threat or a blessing?
programs are able to spot irregular bank activity. For instance, if a client
3. There are plenty of wild statements about artificial intelligence –from a
usually shops in a particular set of shops but then there is a transaction
threat to our jobs to a threat to the human race as we know it. Are these
from an unfamiliar place, then the system can ‘think’ and thus reason that
mere overstatements, or are these fears based on facts?
the transaction is not normal.
Vocabulary matching
Vocabulary Definitions
1. RSS a. give a brief statement of the main points of (something).
2. A feed (or stream) b. a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.
3. Robot c. the quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer.
4. Algorithm d. a subdivision of a field (as of study).
5. Summarise e. Really Simple Syndication, a standardised system for the distribution of content from an online publisher to Internet users.
6. Accurate f. (of information, measurements, statistics, etc.) correct in all details; exact.
7. Subfield g. a method of data analysis that automates analytical model building. It is a branch of artificial intelligence based on the idea
that systems can learn from data, identify patterns and make decisions with minimal human intervention.
8. Machine learning h. supply (a machine) with the material, power, or other things necessary for its operation.
9. Date back i. a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer.
10. Data j. phrasal verb; to have existed for a particular length of time or since a particular time. Starting from a particular time.

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