Many experts predict that AI will transform humanity and machine learning is not exactly new, but has developed much faster that was predicted. The most complex board game in the world is Go and in 2014, a small tech startup company called Deep Mind create a learning computer and taught it the rules of go. They then fed the machine with hundreds of thousands of played games and the computer began to play itself, day and night, until in 2016, it was ready to take on the 18-time Go world champion, Mr. Lee Sedol. The contest was widely covered by the global media and much to everyone’s surprise, the super computer, AlphaGo beat the world champion 4 games to 1. To say the game of Go is complex would be an understatement; there are more possible moves than atoms in the universe, and for a computer to learn enough to best the best human player is quite some achievement.
AI & Medical Equipment
AI is merging with high-grade medical equipment; computers are now diagnosing cancer from X-Rays, having been fed thousands of images and the more it scans, the more accurate it becomes. When the equipment is installed with medical Logistics from Rhenus High Tech, a leading UK white glove logistics company, the AI is then connected to the equipment and there is no need for human involvement. Special robots carry out delicate brain surgery and these devices are sometimes controlled by AI, which totally eliminates error and this does not mean the end of the traditional doctor, rather AI will assist in some ways.
AI & Transportation
The current 5G rollout will power the Internet of Things (IoT), which will be a platform for every single digital device on the planet, including all vehicles on the road and all traffic systems will be controlled by AI. In a few years, we will all be using driverless vehicles and they will be managed by AI and in theory, that should be the end of traffic accidents. The system would simply not allow vehicles to get too close to each other and with Elon Musk putting up thousands of low-orbit 5G satellites, the IoT will soon be established. Air travel will also be managed by AI, making flying even safer than it already is with air traffic controllers having access to AI management systems, which really helps with busy periods.
AI & Design
As an example, a group of machine learning technicians put hundreds of sensors on a Porsche Turbo and sent it round a racetrack for 30 laps, gathering all that data, which was then fed into AI with the goal of designing the perfect car chassis and the end result was a design that amazed everyone. The chassis design was indeed radical and the experts agreed that a human would not have come up with such a design. When AI understands the parameters and what is required, it learns from the data it is fed by technicians and it keeps learning and if there are limits to this, we have yet to encounter them. Here is an informative article on data science knowledge, which is worth a read.
The Dangers of AI
There are some people who believe artificial intelligence will be the last thing humanity ever invents and we do need to focus on making AI safe. It almost has a Frankenstein element to it; we create a learning machine that quickly learns its creator is no longer needed and it decides the planet would be much better off without humans. There is talk of a regulatory board that will control the use of AI, something that many experts have called for and if we can take the right precautions, AI should bring humanity many benefits. Click here for UK government information on AI.
Experts say the sky is the limit with AI and we can expect to see this amazing technology more and more in our day to day lives. Teaching a computer how to learn has changed the game and as we become more proficient in our coding, we can create machine learning systems that can easily out-think and out-perform humans.
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