BY: Domenic Kershner
In 2023, technology has advanced very far, and incredible innovations happen daily. Artificial Intelligence has become a rapidly growing field in the technological world and has recently been a hot topic of conversation. Artificial Intelligence can best be defined as human intelligence simulated through computer science. The ability of how a computer can complete human tasks intelligently and effectively is simply fascinating. It has much potential to revolutionize many aspects of our lives. AI can help make decisions faster, more efficiently, and accurately than humans. Recently, there has been much-expressed doubt about its efficiency and to be sensible about the expectations of AI. Will it truly advance our everyday life or improve it? How realistic is it to human intelligence? How does it affect our lives already?
Artificial Intelligence has already taken over a large part of our society, and we may not even realize it. Much of the technology’s hype relies on its complex nature to respond in a realistic and humanistic way. It is currently used in various industries, such as finance, retail, healthcare, and manufacturing, and even has military applications. Some AI technology is goal-oriented or goal specific. There are three types of AI: Narrow, General Intelligence, and Super Intelligence. There have been conceptual ideas towards stronger versions that could help solve problems and even surpass human intelligence. However, only narrow or weak AI exists today and carries out a particular task. Weak AI is said to be able to replicate and maybe even surpass human intelligence with its high functioning. However, it is designated to be constrained to the specific task it was designed for. A few types of Weak AI exist today: digital voice assistants, recommendation engines, search engines, chatbots, autonomous vehicles, image and speech recognition, and much more. AI is also used in the robots and machines manufacturing many of our cars and vehicles. AI should be used as a technological tool, but as AI advances, there is infinite potential for what it could do for our society. Artificial Intelligence has only been around since the 1950s and has come in waves. Most of those waves have been unsuccessful at developing it further. The twenty-first century has brought much innovation within AI technology. It has come a long way since the 1950s but has a long way to go before it completely surpasses human intelligence.
AI has proven to be decently valuable in our everyday lives. It has the ability to transform many different industries. From Siri to security facial recognition to finance and transportation, AI has become a part of a lot that we do daily and rely on to be as efficient as possible. Whether or not it will be the future of technology remains to be seen. Many believe there is still much to be achieved with AI technology, and we have only cracked the surface of what it could be. It could significantly impact and improve daily life if it develops to its full potential. It can be a tremendous and vital tool that our society should embrace to help ease our everyday lives even more as technology continuously advances further into the future.