ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS THE KEY TO THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE

noble-noah (57)in #steemstem • 8 years ago (edited)

In my previous post, title: Mastering the Information Age to Solving Problems with Visual Analytics, I discussed how
Artificial intelligence is starting to impact nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Machine-learning algorithms: a subfield and the technology behind contemporary AI, determine what content appears on our Facebook feed and what results are returned when we conduct a Google search. They power product recommendations on Amazon, determine airline or event ticket pricing, predicting and forecasting the price of a future stock in the market. As traditional businesses adopt AI over the next couple of years, nearly every engagement we have with companies will be mediated by machine-learning algorithms.

What is Artificial Intelligence?
By definition, Artificial intelligence (AI, also machine intelligence, MI) is intelligence displayed by machines, in contrast with the natural intelligence (NI) displayed by humans and other animals. In computer science AI research is defined as the study of "intelligent agents": any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of success at some goal. [1]

What is Intelligence?
All but the simplest human behaviour is ascribed to intelligence, while even the most complicated insect behaviour is never taken as an indication of intelligence. What is the difference? Consider the behaviour of the digger wasp, Sphex ichneumoneus. When the female wasp returns to her burrow with food, she first deposits it on the threshold, checks for intruders inside her burrow, and only then, if the coast is clear, carries her food inside. The real nature of the wasp’s instinctual behaviour is revealed if the food is moved a few inches away from the entrance to her burrow while she is inside: on emerging, she will repeat the whole procedure as often as the food is displaced. Intelligence—conspicuously absent in the case of Sphex—must include the ability to adapt to new circumstances. [2].

In other not to bore ourselves with many definitions and terminologies, especially, for the novice.

The diagram below depicts what Artificial Intelligence covers and they will all be explored in the subsequent posts.

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