Robotics is a field which has boomed since the start of 21st century. Robots in modern days can mimic lots of human actions, for example, walking over an uneven surface, running, climbing stairs, dancing etc. The next step researchers are planning to achieve is to make robots think like humans. Artificial Intelligence is the field that is trying to make machines think analytically. If AI provides such a capability to robots, it will have a very big impact on humans. Lets look at few examples:
Driverless cars: Most of the trains and airplanes in present days are almost entirely controlled by computers. If trains can be driverless, then why not cars? Driverless cars can make our journey safe and take a correct decision in case of an emergency, as reaction time of a computer is much faster than a human. It also helps older people and physically challenged people tremendously in their commute.
Financial implications: AI software can study patterns in a stock market and can help investors tremendously. It will also be able to spot spending changes or credit card use and detect frauds with ease.
Medicine: Only intelligent devices these days can differentiate between life-saving medications and stale medications. If robots are made to think like humans, they can act as assistants to doctors where they not only can pass correct tools but also keep track of doctors’ preferences. May be one day into the future, machines will be capable of performing life saving operations.
Transhumanism: It is one of the extreme applications of AI to human life. It is a cultural and intellectual movement that believes we can use advanced technologies to improve human life. Some of its most important goals of it include, eliminating disabilities, diseases, or even life extension. Though it sounds next to impossible, but a time may come when life expectancy of humans increases to 150 years.
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Hey Santrupti,
ReplyDeleteGreat examples of different AI components that are being developed or are already incorporated within our lives. I didn't know that medicine already had AI technology within it so thanks for that tidbit of information. I really hope that driverless cars will be implemented soon! That would be really cool to just sit and sleep and then wake up at your destination. I really liked the informative yet conversational tone in your writing. Keep up the good work! Your posts are more and more developed.
Hi Santrupti,
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Steve in that I want driver-less cars to become a reality soon. And that is because I think it would be cool to just get in a car and tell it to go drive down to LA, then fall asleep and be up once the car made it there. Driver-less cars will also lead to less accidents as the cars would not get drunk or fall asleep at the wheel like some human drivers do.
Your blogs are fun to read. The applications listed here perfectly describes areas which AI can help in. I personally had a hard time writing this blog but seems your idea of listing usages of AI is much better. Google already has a driver-less cars running on California roads and gathering information for google maps. But I think that overall development in AI is very slow and It would take couple of hundred years to imitate human intelligence in machines.
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