Future of Artificial Intelligence

The future through the eyes of artificial intelligence can be seen through many perspectives. Artificial intelligence is brought through the development of many different sectors in an attempt to enhance the way of life for many including the financial departments. Ray Kurzweil, an author focusing on AI, Dr Rodney Brooks, a director of MIT's artificial intelligence laboratory and Colin Angle, CEO of the company iRobot were interviewed on a special BBC News Online by reporter Kevin Anderson. Kevin Anderson reports that Dr Brooks believes “that artificial intelligence is about at the same place the personal computer industry was in 1978” [Brooks, 2001]. The researchers also acknowledged that the future of artificial intelligence is but a very slow process and will take time before it become exclusively significant.

Artificial Intelligence rather than replacing current technologies will in the future enhance and evolve current technologies. For example, currently in car's computer chips control certain function. AI technology has the potential to take over ALL functions of a car and can eliminate the need for a driver as well. This can benefit society greatly if we are successful because AI technologies can become more efficient and safer drivers if taught to do so. Therefore, AI technology can be used to evolve current technologies and make them more efficient. AI technology can also be used to replace certain jobs currently held by humans. For example, currently weather forecasts are created by gathering environmental data and having a meteorologist analyze it and come up with certain conclusions. On the other hand if AI technology becomes integrated as part of the weather forecast process, the technologies may be able to more efficiently and more accurately process the tons of information gathered through the computer systems and may make weather forecasting much more accurate. Thus, this would effectively eliminate the need for humans meteorologists.

Sources

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2001/artificial_intelligence/1555742.stm
http://www.computing.dcu.ie/~humphrys/newsci.html
http://www.scienceclarified.com/scitech/Artificial-Intelligence/The-Future-of-AI.html