Artificial Intelligence is becoming more and more prominent in our society. Websites like Google, Facebook, etc. are using AI for photo identification, translations, and text-to-speech programs. AI can also be used to identify handwriting and images. The hard part of this is getting them to be able to recognize the differences between the same objects while being able to distinguish different objects that look similar. They use the examples of being able to read different people’s handwriting and a bike apart from a view of a car that only shows two wheels. Facebook uses AI to identify the person or people in a picture. One of the potential uses of this, as mentioned in the one article, is for the visually impaired; the computer can look at a picture, identify what is in it, and tell the person.
Another type of AI is the kind that allows you to converse with them. Some of the more advanced AI like Erica are capable of mimicking human facial expressions and emotions. They also blink regularly. There are websites on which you can talk to an AI (although they tend to be hard to hold a conversation with). This type of AI can be used to help people with mental disabilities; I know of an AI called Milo that is being used to help kids with autism. Unfortunately, most of these types of robots tend to have trouble picking up on slang and expressions of speech. Also when they are made to look human, there is something slightly unsettling about their appearance.
AI still has a ways to go so programmers are working to overcome their current problems. The main issue with AI is that they lack the situational knowledge we learn as kids. The programmers can only fit so much general information so the AI must learn the rest. They must be exposed to more situations so that they can respond more accurately. This can be accomplished by having the AI exposed to more of these situation and objects so that they will be able to better understand and respond more accurately.
There are many potential uses of AI that these articles touch on. They can be used to assist people is so many ways. These technologies could also be integrated into buildings in the future. AI can replace receptionists; facial recognition can replace keys; sensors can be programmed to monitor and improve the HVAC system; and much more.
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