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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
FUTURE OF HUMAN

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What is artificial intelligence?

Hear the term artificial intelligence (AI) and you might think
of self-driving cars, robots, ChatGPT or other AI chatbots,
and artificially created images. But it's also important to
look behind the outputs of AI and understand how the
technology works and its impacts for this and future
generations.
AI is a concept that has been around, formally, since the
1950s, when it was defined as a machine's ability to perform
a task that would've previously required human intelligence.
This is quite a broad definition and one that has been
modified over decades of research and technological
advancements.
When you consider assigning intelligence to a machine,
such as a computer, it makes sense to start by defining

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the term 'intelligence' -- especially when you want to


determine if an artificial system is truly deserving of it.
today's AI systems might demonstrate some traits of human
intelligence, including learning, problem-solving,
perception, and even a limited spectrum of creativity and
social intelligence.

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How can I use AI?


 AI comes in different forms that have become widely
available in everyday life. The smart speakers on your
mantle with Alexa or Google voice assistant built-in are
two great examples of AI. Other good examples are
popular AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT, the new Bing
Chat, and Google Bard.

 When you ask ChatGPT for the capital of a country or


you ask Alexa to give you an update on the weather,
you'll get responses that are the result of machine-
learning algorithms.

 Though these systems aren't a replacement for human


intelligence or social interaction, they have the ability to
use their training to adapt and learn new skills for tasks
that they weren't explicitly programmed to perform.

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What are the different types of AI?


Artificial intelligence can be divided into three widely
accepted subcategories: narrow AI, general AI, and super
AI.

What is narrow AI?

Artificial narrow intelligence (ANI) is crucial to voice


assistants, such as Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant. This
category includes intelligent systems that have been
designed or trained to carry out specific tasks or solve
particular problems, without being explicitly designed to
do so.
ChatGPT is an example of ANI, as it is programmed to
perform a specific task, which is to generate text responses
to the prompts it is given.

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What is general AI?

Artificial general intelligence (AGI), also known as strong


AI, is still a hypothetical concept as it involves a machine
understanding and performing vastly different tasks based
on its accumulated experience. This type of intelligence is
more on the level of human intellect, as AGI systems would
be able to reason and think like a human.
Like a human, AGI would potentially be able to understand
any intellectual task, think abstractly, learn from its
experiences, and use that knowledge to solve new
problems. Essentially, we're talking about a system or
machine capable of common sense, which

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is currently not achievable with any form of available AI.


Developing a system with its own consciousness is still,
presumably, a fair way in the distance, but it is the ultimate
goal in AI research.

What is super AI?

Artificial super intelligence (ASI) is a system that wouldn't


only rock humankind to its core, but could also destroy it. If
that sounds straight out of a science fiction novel, it's
because it kind of is: ASI is a system where the intelligence
of a machine surpasses all forms of human intelligence, in
all aspects, and outperforms humans in every function.

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An intelligent system that can learn and continuously


improve itself is still a hypothetical concept. However, it's a
system that, if applied effectively and ethically, could lead
to extraordinary progress and achievements in medicine,
technology, and more.

Whattheare
Overall, mostsome recent examples
notable advancements in AI are the
development
of AI? and release of GPT 3.5 and GPT 4. But there
have been many other revolutionary achievements in
artificial intelligence -- too many, in fact, to include all of
them here.
Here are some of the most notable:

ChatGPT (and the GPTs)

ChatGPT is an AI chatbot capable of natural language


generation, translation, and answering questions.
Though it's arguably the most popular AI tool, thanks to
its widespread accessibility, OpenAI made significant
waves in the world of artificial intelligence with the
creation of GPTs 1, 2, and 3.

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GPT stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer, and


GPT-3 was the largest language model in existence at the
time of its 2020 launch, with 175 billion parameters. The
latest version, GPT-4, accessible through ChatGPT Plus
or Bing Chat, has one GPT trillion parameters.

Self-driving cars
Though the safety of self-driving cars is a top concern of
potential users, the technology continues to advance and
improve with breakthroughs in AI. These vehicles use
machine-learning algorithms to combine data from sensors
and cameras to perceive their surroundings and determine
the best course of action.
Tesla's autopilot feature in its electric vehicles is probably
what most people think of when considering self-driving
cars, but Waymo, from Google's parent company, Alphabet,
makes autonomous rides, like a taxi without a taxi driver, in
San Francisco, CA, and Phoenix, AZ.
Cruise is another robotaxi service, and auto companies like
Apple, Audi, GM, and Ford are also presumably working on
self-driving vehicle technology.

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Robotics
The achievements of Boston Dynamics stand out in the
area of AI and robotics. Though we're still a long way
away from creating AI at the level of technology seen in
the moive Terminator, watching Boston Dyanmics'
robots use AI to navigate and respond to different
terrains is impressive.

DeepMind
Google sister company DeepMind is an AI pioneer making
strides toward the ultimate goal of artificial general
intelligence (AGI). Though not there yet, the company
initially made headlines in 2016 with AlphaGo, a system
that beat a human professional Go player.
Since then, DeepMind has created a protein-folding
prediction system, which can predict the complex 3D
shapes of proteins, and it's developed programs that can
diagnose eye diseases as effectively as the top doctors
around the world.

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What is conversational AI?


Conversational AI includes systems that are programmed to
have conversations with a user: trained to listen (input), and
respond (output) in a conversational manner. Conversational
AI uses natural language processing to understand and
respond in a natural way.
Some examples of conversational AI are chatbots like
Google Bard, smart speakers with a voice assistant like
Amazon Alexa, or virtual assistants on your smartphone like
Siri.

Which AI services
General consumers and businesses alike have a wealth of
AI services available to expedite tasks and add
are available to use?
convenience to day-to-day life -- you probably have
something in your home that uses AI in some capacity.
Here are some common examples of artificial intelligence
available to the public, both free and for a fee:
 Voice assistants: Amazon Alexa sitting in that
Echo device on your shelf or Apple's Siri in your
iPhone and Google Assistant all use natural

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language processing to understand and respond to


your questions or commands.

 Chatbots: AI chatbots are another form of virtual


assistants that can interact with people and, in some
cases, hold human-like conversations, even mimicking
empathy and concern.

 Language translation: Machine learning reaches


far and wide, and services like Google Translate,
Microsoft Translator, Amazon Translate, and ChatGPT
all use it to translate text.

 Productivity: Microsoft 365 Copilot is a great


example of a LLM used as an AI productivity tool,
embedded within Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel,
Teams, and more to automate tasks for you. Simply
asking, 'email the team about the latest status on the
project' will trigger Copilot to automatically gather
information from emails and documents to generate a
text with what you asked.

 Image and video recognition: Different programs


use AI to find information about the content in images
and videos, such as the faces, text, and

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objects within them. Clarify, which employs machine


learning to organize unstructured data from sources,
and Amazon Recognition, an AWS service that lets
users upload images to receive information, are two
examples of this.

 Software development: Many developers have


started using ChatGPT to write and debug code, but
there are many other AI tools available to make a
programmer's job easier. One example, the AI pair
programmer GitHub Copilot by OpenAI Codex, is a
generative language model that can write code faster
with less effort by autocompleting comments and code
instantly.

 Building a business: Aside from an everyday


user availing themselves of artificial intelligence
around them, there are services offering AI tools for
businesses, including OpenAI's GPT-4
API (currently on waitlist) to built applications and
services using the LLM; or Amazon Bedrock, a suite
of cloud-based AI tools for developers.

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Will an AI steal your job?


The possibility of artificially intelligent systems replacing a
considerable chunk of modern labor is a credible near-future
possibility.
While commonplace artificial intelligence won't replace all
jobs, what seems to be certain is that AI will change the
nature of work, with the only question being how rapidly
and how profoundly automation will alter the workplace.
However, artificial intelligence can't run on its own, and
while many jobs with routine, repetitive data work might be
automated, workers in other jobs can use tools like
generative AI to become more productive and efficient.
There's a broad range of opinions among AI experts about
how quickly artificially intelligent systems will surpass
human capabilities.

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What company is leading


the AI race?
Though generative AI leads the artificial intelligence
breakthroughs of 2023, there are other top companies
working on their own breakthroughs.

OpenAI
It's not surprising OpenAI has taken the lead so far in the AI
race this year, after making generative AI tools available for
widespread use for free, such as the AI chatbot ChatGPT
and Dall-E 2, which is an image generator.

Alphabet
Google's parent company, Alphabet, has its hands in several
different AI systems through some of its companies,
including DeepMind, Waymo, and the aforementioned
Google.
DeepMind continues to pursue artificial general intelligence,
as evidenced by the scientific solutions it strives to achieve
through AI systems. It's developed machine-learning models
for Document AI, optimized the viewer experience on
Youtube, made AlphaFold available for researchers
worldwide, and more.

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Though you may not hear of Alphabet's artificial


intelligence endeavors in the news every day, its works in
deep learning and AI in general have the potential to change
the future for human beings.

Microsoft
Aside from creating Microsoft 365 Copilot for its 365 lot of
applications, Microsoft provides a suite of AI tools for
developers on Azure, such as platforms for developing
machine learning, data analytics, and conversational AI,
customizable APIs that achieve human parity in computer
vision, speech, and language.
Microsoft has also invested heavily into OpenAI's
development, and is using GPT-4 in the new Bing Chat, as
well as a more advanced version of Dall-E 2 for the Bing
Image Creator.

Other companies
These are just a few examples of companies leading the AI
race, but there are many others worldwide that are also
making strides into artificial intelligence, including
Baidu, Alibaba, Cruise, Lenovo, Tesla, and more.

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How will AI change


the world?
Artificial intelligence has the power to change the way we
work, our health, how we consume media and get to work,
our privacy, and more.
Consider the impact that certain AI systems can have on the
world as a whole. People can ask a voice assistant on their
phones to hail rides from autonomous cars to get them to
work, where they can use AI tools to be more efficient than
ever before.

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