In the previous chapter, we learned that humans are intelligent. Humans have the ability to become more and more intelligent with time and new experiences.
Now the question arises, are machines capable of being intelligent?
Artificial Intelligence is a concept of computer science where a machine/system becomes capable of making decisions and learning & improving on its own.
When a machine becomes capable of mimicking human intelligence, i.e. learning from experiences (data) we consider it to be artificially intelligent.
Let us take an example.
When you were born as a baby, you didn't know how to talk or understand the language that your parents were speaking. But as time passed, you experienced how your parents used to talk and started to learn and speak small words. Once that was done, you slowly started speaking full sentences in that language. As you grew older, you went on to become more and more fluent in it.
You learned and were able to understand that specific language because of the experiences you had in your childhood.
Similarly, machines can even be considered to be clueless innocent babies till the time they're not trained with information. They become intelligent once they're trained with data which helps them learn and understand things.
Artificial Intelligence is a very broad term that would not be accurate enough to describe everything that goes on under it. There are 3 kinds of Artificial Intelligence, namely:
This is the most common form of AI found. These AI systems are designed to perform one single task efficiently and therefore have narrow capabilities. For example, ANI systems are used in the weather industry to predict the weather. These systems cannot be used anywhere else. ANI is the only kind of Artificial Intelligence that exists today.
This concept only exists on paper and has not been discovered yet. AGI systems will have the potential to completely mimic human intelligence and learn/understand any intellectual task that a human can.
An ASI system will have the potential to surpass all human capabilities. The concept of ASI is wide beyond our imagination and can only be seen in science fiction movies like 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' and 'Big Hero 6'.
Ask yourself these questions: