Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The Artificial Intelligence tutorial provides an introduction to AI which will help you to
understand the concepts behind Artificial Intelligence. In this tutorial, we have also
discussed various popular topics such as History of AI, applications of AI, deep
learning, machine learning, natural language processing, Reinforcement learning, Q-
learning, Intelligent agents, Various search algorithms, etc.

What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

In today's world, technology is growing very fast, and we are getting in touch with
different new technologies day by day.

Here, one of the booming technologies of computer science is Artificial Intelligence

which is ready to create a new revolution in the world by making intelligent
machines. The Artificial Intelligence is now all around us. It is currently working with a
variety of subfields, ranging from general to specific, such as self-driving cars,
playing chess, proving theorems, playing music, Painting, etc.
AI is one of the fascinating and universal fields of Computer science which has a
great scope in future. AI holds a tendency to cause a machine to work as a human.

Artificial Intelligence is composed of two words Artificial and Intelligence, where

Artificial defines "man-made," and intelligence defines "thinking power", hence AI
means "a man-made thinking power."

So, we can define AI as:

"It is a branch of computer science by which we can create intelligent machines

which can behave like a human, think like humans, and able to make decisions."

Artificial Intelligence exists when a machine can have human based skills such as
learning, reasoning, and solving problems

With Artificial Intelligence you do not need to preprogram a machine to do some

work, despite that you can create a machine with programmed algorithms which can
work with own intelligence, and that is the awesomeness of AI.

It is believed that AI is not a new technology, and some people says that as per
Greek myth, there were Mechanical men in early days which can work and behave
like humans.
History of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is not a new word and not a new technology for researchers. This
technology is much older than you would imagine. Even there are the myths of
Mechanical men in Ancient Greek and Egyptian Myths. Following are some milestones
in the history of AI which defines the journey from the AI generation to till date
development.

Maturation of Artificial Intelligence (1943-1952)

Between 1943 and 1952, there was notable progress in the expansion of artificial
intelligence (AI). Throughout this period, AI transitioned from a mere concept to tangible
experiments and practical applications. Here are some key events that happened during
this period:

o Year 1943: The first work which is now recognized as AI was done by Warren
McCulloch and Walter pits in 1943. They proposed a model of artificial
neurons.
 o Year 1949: Donald Hebb demonstrated an updating rule for modifying the
connection strength between neurons. His rule is now called Hebbian
learning.
o Year 1950: The Alan Turing who was an English mathematician and
pioneered Machine learning in 1950. Alan Turing publishes "Computing
Machinery and Intelligence" in which he proposed a test. The test can
check the machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to human
intelligence, called a Turing test.
o Year 1951: Marvin Minsky and Dean Edmonds created the initial artificial
neural network (ANN) named SNARC. They utilized 3,000 vacuum tubes to
mimic a network of 40 neurons.

The birth of Artificial Intelligence (1952-1956)

From 1952 to 1956, AI surfaced as a unique domain of investigation. During this period,
pioneers and forward-thinkers commenced the groundwork for what would ultimately
transform into a revolutionary technological domain. Here are notable occurrences from
this era:

o Year 1952: Arthur Samuel pioneered the creation of the Samuel Checkers-
Playing Program, which marked the world's first self-learning program for
playing games.
o Year 1955: An Allen Newell and Herbert A. Simon created the "first artificial
intelligence program"Which was named as "Logic Theorist". This program
had proved 38 of 52 Mathematics theorems, and find new and more elegant
proofs for some theorems.
o Year 1956: The word "Artificial Intelligence" first adopted by American
Computer scientist John McCarthy at the Dartmouth Conference. For the first
time, AI coined as an academic field.

At that time high-level computer languages such as FORTRAN, LISP, or COBOL were
invented. And the enthusiasm for AI was very high at that time.
The golden years-Early enthusiasm (1956-1974)
The period from 1956 to 1974 is commonly known as the "Golden Age" of artificial
intelligence (AI). In this timeframe, AI researchers and innovators were filled with
enthusiasm and achieved remarkable advancements in the field. Here are some
notable events from this era:

o Year 1958: During this period, Frank Rosenblatt introduced the perceptron,
one of the early artificial neural networks with the ability to learn from data.
This invention laid the foundation for modern neural networks.
Simultaneously, John McCarthy developed the Lisp programming language,
which swiftly found favor within the AI community, becoming highly popular
among developers.
o Year 1959: Arthur Samuel is credited with introducing the phrase "machine
learning" in a pivotal paper in which he proposed that computers could be
programmed to surpass their creators in performance. Additionally, Oliver
Selfridge made a notable contribution to machine learning with his publication
"Pandemonium: A Paradigm for Learning." This work outlined a model
capable of self-improvement, enabling it to discover patterns in events more
effectively.
o Year 1964: During his time as a doctoral candidate at MIT, Daniel Bobrow
created STUDENT, one of the early programs for natural language processing
(NLP), with the specific purpose of solving algebra word problems.
o Year 1965: The initial expert system, Dendral, was devised by Edward
Feigenbaum, Bruce G. Buchanan, Joshua Lederberg, and Carl Djerassi. It
aided organic chemists in identifying unfamiliar organic compounds.
o Year 1966: The researchers emphasized developing algorithms that can
solve mathematical problems. Joseph Weizenbaum created the first chatbot
in 1966, which was named ELIZA. Furthermore, Stanford Research Institute
created Shakey, the earliest mobile intelligent robot incorporating AI,
computer vision, navigation, and NLP. It can be considered a precursor to
today's self-driving cars and drones.
 o Year 1968: Terry Winograd developed SHRDLU, which was the pioneering
multimodal AI capable of following user instructions to manipulate and reason
within a world of blocks.
o Year 1969: Arthur Bryson and Yu-Chi Ho outlined a learning algorithm known
as back propagation, which enabled the development of multilayer artificial
neural networks. This represented a significant advancement beyond the
perceptron and laid the groundwork for deep learning. Additionally, Marvin
Minsky and Seymour Papert authored the book "Perceptrons," which
elucidated the constraints of basic neural networks. This publication led to a
decline in neural network research and a resurgence in symbolic AI research.
o Year 1972: The first intelligent humanoid robot was built in Japan, which was
named WABOT-1.
o Year 1973: James Light hill published the report titled "Artificial Intelligence: A
General Survey," resulting in a substantial reduction in the British
government's backing for AI research.

The first AI winter (1974-1980)

The initial AI winter, occurring from 1974 to 1980, is known as a tough period for
artificial intelligence (AI). During this time, there was a substantial decrease in
research funding, and AI faced a sense of letdown.

o The duration between years 1974 to 1980 was the first AI winter duration. AI
winter refers to the time period where computer scientist dealt with a severe
shortage of funding from government for AI researches.
o During AI winters, an interest of publicity on artificial intelligence was
decreased.

A boom of AI (1980-1987)

Between 1980 and 1987, AI underwent a renaissance and newfound vitality after the
challenging era of the First AI Winter. Here are notable occurrences from this
timeframe:
 o In 1980, the first national conference of the American Association of Artificial
Intelligence was held at Stanford University.
o Year 1980: After AI's winter duration, AI came back with an "Expert System".
Expert systems were programmed to emulate the decision-making ability of a
human expert. Additionally, Symbolics Lisp machines were brought into
commercial use, marking the onset of an AI resurgence. However, in
subsequent years, the Lisp machine market experienced a significant
downturn.
o Year 1981: Danny Hillis created parallel computers tailored for AI and various
computational functions, featuring an architecture akin to contemporary
GPUs.
o Year 1984: Marvin Minsky and Roger Schank introduced the phrase "AI
winter" during a gathering of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial
Intelligence. They cautioned the business world that exaggerated
expectations about AI would result in disillusionment and the eventual
downfall of the industry, which indeed occurred three years later.
o Year 1985: Judea Pearl introduced Bayesian network causal analysis,
presenting statistical methods for encoding uncertainty in computer systems.

The second AI winter (1987-1993)

o The duration between the years 1987 to 1993 was the second AI Winter
duration.
o Again Investors and government stopped in funding for AI research as due to
high cost but not efficient result. The expert system such as XCON was very
cost effective.

The emergence of intelligent agents (1993-2011)

Between 1993 and 2011, there were significant leaps forward in artificial intelligence
(AI), particularly in the development of intelligent computer programs. During this era, AI
professionals shifted their emphasis from attempting to match human intelligence to
crafting pragmatic, ingenious software tailored to specific tasks. Here are some
noteworthy occurrences from this timeframe:
 o Year 1997: In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue achieved a historic milestone by
defeating world chess champion Gary Kasparov, marking the first time a
computer triumphed over a reigning world chess champion. Moreover, Sepp
Hochreiter and Jürgen Schmidhuber introduced the Long Short-Term Memory
recurrent neural network, revolutionizing the capability to process entire
sequences of data such as speech or video.
o Year 2002: for the first time, AI entered the home in the form of Roomba, a
vacuum cleaner.
o Year 2006: AI came into the Business world till the year 2006. Companies like
Facebook, Twitter, and Netflix also started using AI.
o Year 2009: Rajat Raina, Anand Madhavan, and Andrew Ng released the
paper titled "Utilizing Graphics Processors for Extensive Deep Unsupervised
Learning," introducing the concept of employing GPUs for the training of
expansive neural networks.
o Year 2011: Jürgen Schmidhuber, Dan Claudiu Cire?an, Ueli Meier, and
Jonathan Masci created the initial CNN that attained "superhuman"
performance by emerging as the victor in the German Traffic Sign Recognition
competition. Furthermore, Apple launched Siri, a voice-activated personal
assistant capable of generating responses and executing actions in response
to voice commands.

Deep learning, big data and artificial general intelligence (2011-

present)

From 2011 to the present moment, significant advancements have unfolded within
the artificial intelligence (AI) domain. These achievements can be attributed to the
amalgamation of deep learning, extensive data application, and the ongoing quest
for artificial general intelligence (AGI). Here are notable occurrences from this
timeframe:

o Year 2011: In 2011, IBM's Watson won Jeopardy, a quiz show where it had to
solve complex questions as well as riddles. Watson had proved that it could
understand natural language and can solve tricky questions quickly.
o Year 2012: Google launched an Android app feature, "Google Now", which
was able to provide information to the user as a prediction. Further, Geoffrey
Hinton, Ilya Sutskever, and Alex Krizhevsky presented a deep CNN structure
that emerged victorious in the ImageNet challenge, sparking the proliferation
of research and application in the field of deep learning.
o Year 2013: China's Tianhe-2 system achieved a remarkable feat by doubling
the speed of the world's leading supercomputers to reach 33.86 petaflops. It
retained its status as the world's fastest system for the third consecutive time.
Furthermore, DeepMind unveiled deep reinforcement learning, a CNN that
acquired skills through repetitive learning and rewards, ultimately surpassing
human experts in playing games. Also, Google researcher Tomas Mikolov
and his team introduced Word2vec, a tool designed to automatically discern
the semantic connections among words.
o Year 2014: In the year 2014, Chatbot "Eugene Goostman" won a competition
in the infamous "Turing test." Whereas Ian Goodfellow and his team
pioneered generative adversarial networks (GANs), a type of machine
learning framework employed for producing images, altering pictures, and
crafting deepfakes, and Diederik Kingma and Max Welling introduced
variational autoencoders (VAEs) for generating images, videos, and text.
Also, Facebook engineered the DeepFace deep learning facial recognition
system, capable of identifying human faces in digital images with accuracy
nearly comparable to human capabilities.
o Year 2016: DeepMind's AlphaGo secured victory over the esteemed Go
player Lee Sedol in Seoul, South Korea, prompting reminiscence of the
Kasparov chess match against Deep Blue nearly two decades
earlier.Whereas Uber initiated a pilot program for self-driving cars in
Pittsburgh, catering to a limited group of users.
o Year 2018: The "Project Debater" from IBM debated on complex topics with
two master debaters and also performed extremely well.
o Google has demonstrated an AI program, "Duplex," which was a virtual
assistant that had taken hairdresser appointments on call, and the lady on the
other side didn't notice that she was talking with the machine.
 o Year 2021: OpenAI unveiled the Dall-E multimodal AI system, capable of
producing images based on textual prompts.
o Year 2022: In November, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, offering a chat-oriented
interface to its GPT-3.5 LLM.

Now AI has developed to a remarkable level. The concept of Deep learning, big data,
and data science are now trending like a boom. Nowadays companies like Google,
Facebook, IBM, and Amazon are working with AI and creating amazing devices. The
future of Artificial Intelligence is inspiring and will come with high intelligence.

Why Artificial Intelligence?

Before Learning about Artificial Intelligence, we should know that what is the
importance of AI and why should we learn it.

Following are some main reasons to learn about AI:

With the help of AI, you can create such software or devices which can solve real-
world problems very easily and with accuracy such as health issues, marketing,
traffic issues, etc.

With the help of AI, you can create your personal virtual Assistant, such as Cortana,
Google Assistant, Siri, etc.

With the help of AI, you can build such Robots which can work in an environment
where survival of humans can be at risk.

AI opens a path for other new technologies, new devices, and new Opportunities.

Goals of Artificial Intelligence

Following are the main goals of Artificial Intelligence:

Replicate human intelligence

Solve Knowledge-intensive tasks

An intelligent connection of perception and action

Building a machine which can perform tasks that requires human intelligence such
as:

Proving a theorem

Playing chess

Plan some surgical operation

Driving a car in traffic

Creating some system which can exhibit intelligent behavior, learn new things by
itself, demonstrate, explain, and can advise to its user.

History of AI

Throughout history, people have been intrigued by the idea of making non-living
things smart. In ancient times, Greek stories mentioned gods creating clever
machines, and in Egypt, engineers made statues move. Thinkers like Aristotle and
Ramon Llull laid the groundwork for AI by describing how human thinking works using
symbols.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, modern computing started to take shape. Charles
Babbage and Ada Lovelace designed machines that could be programmed in the
1830s. In the 1940s, John Von Neumann came up with the idea of storing computer
programs. At the same time, Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts started building the
basics of neural networks.

The 1950s brought us modern computers, letting scientists dig into machine
intelligence. Alan Turing's Turing test became a big deal in computer smarts. The
term "artificial intelligence" was first used in a 1956 Dartmouth College meeting, where
they introduced the first AI program, the Logic Theorist.

The following years had good times and bad times for AI, called "AI Winters." In the
1970s and 1980s, we hit limits with computer power and complexity. But in the late
1990s, things got exciting again. Computers were faster, and there was more
data. IBM's Deep Blue beating chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997 was a big
moment.

The 2000s started a new era with machine learning, language processing, and
computer vision. This led to cool new products and services. The 2010s saw AI take
off with things like voice assistants and self-driving cars. Generative AI, which makes
creative stuff, also started getting big.

In the 2020s, generative AI like ChatGPT-3 and Google's Bard grabbed everyone's
attention. These models can create all sorts of new things when you give them a
prompt, like essays or art. But remember, this tech is still new, and there are things
to fix, like making sure it doesn't make things up.

What Comprises to Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial Intelligence is not just a part of computer science even it's so vast and
requires lots of other factors which can contribute to it. To create the AI first we
should know that how intelligence is composed, so the Intelligence is an intangible
part of our brain which is a combination of Reasoning, learning, problem-solving
perception, language understanding, etc.

To achieve the above factors for a machine or software Artificial Intelligence requires
the following discipline:

Mathematics

Biology

Psychology
Sociology

Computer Science

Neurons Study

Statistics

Types of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence can be categorized in several ways, primarily based on two

main criteria: capabilities and functionality.

AI Type 1: Based on Capabilities

Weak AI or Narrow AI: Narrow AI, also known as Weak AI, is like a specialist in the
world of Artificial Intelligence. Imagine it as a virtual expert dedicated to performing
one specific task with intelligence. For example, think of Apple's Siri. It's pretty smart
when it comes to voice commands and answering questions, but it doesn't
understand or do much beyond that. Narrow AI operates within strict limits, and if you
ask it to step outside its comfort zone, it might not perform as expected. This type of
AI is everywhere in today's world, from self-driving cars to image recognition on your
smartphone.BM's Watson is another example of Narrow AI. It's a supercomputer that
combines Expert Systems, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing,
but it's still a specialist. It's excellent at crunching data and providing insights but
doesn't venture far beyond its defined tasks.

General AI: General AI, often referred to as Strong AI, is like the holy grail of artificial
intelligence. Picture it as a system that could do any intellectual task with the
efficiency of a human. General AI aims to create machines that think and learn like
humans, but here's the catch: there's no such system in existence yet. Researchers
worldwide are working diligently to make it a reality, but it's a complex journey that
will require significant time and effort.

Super AI: Super AI takes AI to another level entirely. It's the pinnacle of machine
intelligence, where machines surpass human capabilities in every cognitive aspect.
These machines can think, reason, solve puzzles, make judgments, plan, learn, and
communicate independently. However, it's important to note that Super AI is currently
a hypothetical concept. Achieving such a level of artificial intelligence would be
nothing short of revolutionary, and it's a challenge that's still on the horizon.

AI Type 2: Based on Functionality

Reactive Machines: Reactive Machines represent the most basic form of Artificial
Intelligence. These machines live in the present moment and don't have memories or
past experiences to guide their actions. They focus solely on the current scenario
and respond with the best possible action based on their programming. An example
of a reactive machine is IBM's Deep Blue, the chess-playing computer, and Google's
AlphaGo, which excels at the ancient game of Go.

Limited Memory: Limited Memory machines can remember some past experiences or
data but only for a short period. They use this stored information to make decisions
and navigate situations. A great example of this type of AI is seen in self-driving cars.
These vehicles store recent data like the speed of nearby cars, distances, and speed
limits to safely navigate the road.

Theory of Mind: Theory of Mind AI is still in the realm of research and development.
These AI systems aim to understand human emotions and beliefs and engage in
social interactions much like humans. While this type of AI hasn't fully materialized
yet, researchers are making significant strides toward creating machines that can
understand and interact with humans on a deeper, more emotional level.

Self-Awareness: Self-Awareness AI is the future frontier of Artificial Intelligence. These

machines will be extraordinarily intelligent, possessing their own consciousness,
emotions, and self-awareness. They'll be smarter than the human mind itself.
However, it's crucial to note that Self-Awareness AI remains a hypothetical concept
and does not yet exist in reality. Achieving this level of AI would be a monumental
leap in technology and understanding.

Advantages of Artificial Intelligence

Following are some main advantages of Artificial Intelligence:

High Accuracy with less errors: AI machines or systems are prone to less errors and
high accuracy as it takes decisions as per pre-experience or information.

High-Speed: AI systems can be of very high-speed and fast-decision making,

because of that AI systems can beat a chess champion in the Chess game.

High reliability: AI machines are highly reliable and can perform the same action
multiple times with high accuracy.

Useful for risky areas: AI machines can be helpful in situations such as defusing a
bomb, exploring the ocean floor, where to employ a human can be risky.

Digital Assistant: AI can be very useful to provide digital assistant to the users such as
AI technology is currently used by various E-commerce websites to show the
products as per customer requirement.
Useful as a public utility: AI can be very useful for public utilities such as a self-driving
car which can make our journey safer and hassle-free, facial recognition for security
purpose, Natural language processing to communicate with the human in human-
language, etc.

Enhanced Security: AI can be very helpful in enhancing security, as It can detect and
respond to cyber threats in real time, helping companies protect their data and
systems.

Aid in Research: AI is very helpful in the research field as it assists researchers by

processing and analyzing large datasets, accelerating discoveries in fields such as
astronomy, genomics, and materials science.

Disadvantages of Artificial Intelligence

Every technology has some disadvantages, and thesame goes for Artificial
intelligence. Being so advantageous technology still, it has some disadvantages
which wChallenges of AI

Artificial Intelligence offers incredible advantages, but it also presents some

challenges that need to be addressed:

AI Tools and Services

AI tools and services are advancing quickly, and this progress can be linked back to
a significant moment in 2012 when the AlexNet neural network came onto the scene.
This marked the start of a new era for high-performance AI, thanks to the use of
GPUs and massive data sets. The big shift was the ability to train neural networks
using huge amounts of data on multiple GPU cores simultaneously, making it a more
scalable process.

Prerequisite

Before learning about Artificial Intelligence, you must have the fundamental
knowledge of following so that you can understand the concepts easily: Any
computer language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.(knowledge of Python will be
an advantage)

Knowledge of essential Mathematics such as derivatives, probability theory, etc.

Audience

Our AI tutorial is designed specifically for beginners and also included some high-
level concepts for professionals.

Following are the disadvantages of AI:

High Cost: The hardware and software requirement of AI is very costly as it requires
lots of maintenance to meet current world requirements.

Can't think out of the box: Even we are making smarter machines with AI, but still
they cannot work out of the box, as the robot will only do that work for which they are
trained, or programmed.

No feelings and emotions: AI machines can be an outstanding performer, but still it

does not have the feeling so it cannot make any kind of emotional attachment with
human, and may sometime be harmful for users if the proper care is not taken.

Increase dependency on machines: With the increment of technology, people are

getting more dependent on devices and hence they are losing their mental
capabilities.

No Original Creativity: As humans are so creative and can imagine some new ideas
but still AI machines cannot beat this power of human intelligence and cannot be
creative and imaginative.

Complexity: Making and keeping AI systems can be very complicated and need a lot
of knowledge. This can make it hard for some groups or people to use them.
Job Concerns: As AI gets better, it might take away not just basic jobs but also some
skilled ones. This worries people about losing jobs in different fields.

Doing the Right Thing: AI should make the right choices, but sometimes it doesn't. It
can make mistakes or do things that aren't fair. We need to teach AI to be better at
making good choices.

Government and AI: Sometimes, governments use AI to keep an eye on people. This
can be a problem for our freedom. We need to make sure they use AI in a good way.

Bias in AI: AI can sometimes be a bit unfair, especially when it comes to recognizing
people's faces. This can cause problems, especially for people who aren't like the
majority.

AI and Social Media: What you see on social media is often decided by AI. But
sometimes, AI shows things that aren't true or are kind of mean. We need to make
sure AI shows the right stuff.

Legal and Regulatory Challenges: The rapid evolution of AI has outpaced the
development of comprehensive laws and regulations, leading to uncertainty about
issues like liability and responsibility.

Transformers: Google found a better way to train AI using lots of regular computers
with special chips called GPUs. This discovery made transformers possible.
Transformers help AI learn from data that doesn't have labels, like teaching a
computer to understand language.

Hardware Improvements: Companies like Nvidia improved the inner workings of

these GPUs. They made them really good at handling the math AI needs to do. This
teamwork between better hardware, smarter AI software, and computer data centers
made AI a million times better! Nvidia is also working with companies that offer cloud
computing to make it easier for others to use this powerful AI.

GPTs: Before, if a company wanted to use AI, they had to start from scratch, which
was expensive and time-consuming. Now, companies like OpenAI, Nvidia, Microsoft,
and Google offer pre-trained AI models. These models can be fine-tuned for specific
tasks at a lower cost and with less effort. It's like buying a ready-made cake and
adding your own frosting instead of baking the whole cake from scratch. This helps
companies use AI faster and with less risk.

AI in the Cloud: Using AI can be tricky because it needs lots of data work. Big cloud
companies like AWS, Google, Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle are making it easier.
They're offering AI services that help with the hard parts, like getting data ready,
building AI models, and putting them into apps.

Advanced AI for Everyone: Some groups are making really smart AI models and
sharing them. OpenAI, for example, has models that are good at chatting,
understanding language, making images, and writing code. Nvidia is another, and
they're not tied to one cloud company. Many others are making special AI models for
different jobs and industries. It's like having a library of powerful tools for lots of
different tasks.

Any computer language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.(knowledge of Python will
be an advantage)

Knowledge of essential Mathematics such as derivatives, probability theory, etc.

Applications of AI
Artificial Intelligence has various applications in today's society. It is becoming essential
for today's time because it can solve complex problems with an efficient way in multiple
industries, such as Healthcare, entertainment, finance, education, etc. AI is making our
daily life more comfortable and fast.

Following are some sectors which have the application of Artificial Intelligence:
1. AI in Astronomy

o Automated Celestial Object Identification: AI systems can automatically identify

and classify celestial objects in astronomical images, aiding in discovering new stars,
galaxies, and other cosmic phenomena. In simple words, AI can spot and sort out
things in space by looking at pictures. It's like having a cosmic detective that finds
new stars, galaxies, and other mysterious objects without human help.
o Exoplanet Hunting: AI helps astronomers find planets outside our solar system by
looking at lots of data. It can notice tiny changes in the light from stars, which tell us
there might be planets around them, such as those caused by exoplanet transits.
o Analyzing Space Information: AI plays a crucial role in the study of space. It assists
scientists by carefully examining vast amounts of complex data gathered from space
observations. This helps astronomers uncover sophisticated patterns, unusual
phenomena, and connections that might be otherwise very difficult to notice.
Essentially, AI acts as a dedicated assistant, sifting through the cosmic data haystack
to find the valuable needles of knowledge.
 o Watching Space Events in Real-time: AI-powered tools can keep a constant eye
on the night sky, looking out for sudden happenings like exploding stars
(supernovae) or bursts of powerful gamma rays. This allows scientists to quickly
study these events in more detail when they occur.
o Making Telescopes Smarter: AI is like a brain for telescopes. It helps them work
better by changing their settings on the fly. For example, if the weather gets cloudy or
if scientists want to study something specific in space, AI can adjust the telescope to
get the best results. It's like having a telescope that can think and adapt to the
situation.

2. AI in Healthcare

o Helping Doctors See Inside the Body Better: AI is like a super helper for doctors
when they look at pictures of the inside of a patient's body, like X-rays or MRIs. It
uses smart algorithms to find things like problems, tumors, or broken bones very
accurately. This means doctors can figure out what's going on faster and more
accurately, which is great for patients and for better diagnosis.
o Detecting Health Problems Early: AI acts as a health detective. It looks at your
health information to find out if you might get certain diseases in the future. When it
sees a high risk, doctors can step in early to help you stay healthy. This is really
 important for conditions like diabetes and heart problems because catching them at
this time means better treatment and less trouble for the patient.
o Developing Medications Quickly and Cost-Effectively: AI acts like a super
scientist in the lab. It uses certain algorithms to predict how different chemicals can
fight diseases. This helps us make new medicines much quicker and at a low cost.
So people can get the treatments they need sooner, and it doesn't cost as much
money to manufacture them.
o Personalized Treatment Plans: AI looks at your health information, like your genes,
what happened to you before, and how you've responded to treatments. Then, it
makes a special plan just for you. This means your treatment works better and
doesn't give you as many problems. It's like having a personalized health coach,
which helps in avoiding complications caused by improperly prescribed medicine.
o Managing Hospital Functions and Resources: AI acts like a manager for
hospitals. It helps with things like when patients come in, where to put resources like
doctors and supplies, and how to make sure everything runs well. It can even guess
how many patients might come in ahead of time, so hospitals use their staff and
resources in the best way possible.

3. AI in Gaming

o Smart Game Characters: AI is like the brains behind game characters that aren't
controlled by players. They make these characters, called NPCs, act more like real
people or clever enemies. They can learn from what players do and change their
 behavior, which makes games more exciting and lifelike. Imagine playing a game
where the bad guys learn and adapt to your moves - that's what AI does.
o Creating Game Worlds with AI: AI can make parts of video games all on its own. It
can create levels, maps, and places to explore without people having to make them
by hand. This means games can have bigger and more interesting worlds because
AI does a lot of the work, kind of like a game world builder. It helps game developers,
too.
o Making Games Look and Feel Real: AI helps to make games look and act more
like the real world. They create graphics that look just like the things we see, and
they make how things move in games feel realistic, like in real life. They even guess
what players might do next so the game looks smooth and natural.

4. AI in Finance

o Identifying and Prevention of Fraud: AI keeps an eye on bank transactions all the
time. They act like super detectives who can spot strange things happening with
money, like someone using a credit card in a weird way. When they see something
fishy, they raise the alarm and help the bank stop bad people from stealing money.
This happens really fast, without needing people to check every transaction.
o Automated Trading: AI helps a skilled trader who works automatically. It uses
various algorithms to swiftly buy and sell stocks while analyzing all the market
information. This boosts trading strategies, making investments more efficient and
profitable.
 o Risk Control: AI helps in examining lots of data to check how risky something is, like
giving out loans or making investments. It looks at things like whether someone can
pay back a loan or how safe an investment is. This helps banks and investment firms
make smarter choices so they don't lose money and can help others save and grow
their money.

5. AI in Data Security

o Anamoly Detection: AI works as a digital detective. It looks at big piles of data and
watches for anything strange or out of the ordinary, like someone sneaking into a
digital vault or trying to steal secrets. When it sees something fishy, it raises the
alarm, helping to keep important data safe from cyber-attacks.
o Predicting Threats: AI looks at past troubles and keeps an eye on new dangers that
are popping up. By doing this, it can predict what bad things might happen in the
future, like a security breach or a cyberattack. This way, companies can get ready in
advance to protect their important data, sort of like putting up a strong fortress before
any attack happens.
o Automated Safety Response: AI acts like a digital guardian that can respond when
there's trouble. If it sees something bad happening, like a cyberattack, it can
automatically take action. It might isolate the part that's under attack. This way, it
keeps your important stuff safe in the digital world.
6. AI in Social Media

o Smart Suggestions: AI helps as a guide on social media. It watches what you like
and what you do, and then it suggests things you might enjoy, like posts, videos, or
ads. It acts as someone who knows your tastes and shows you stuff you're really
into, making your social media experience more enjoyable and personalized.
o Virtual Assistants and Chatbots: AI chatbots and virtual assistants act as digital
helpers on social media. They're quick to respond and can talk to you just like a real
person. They answer your questions, share information, and even help with
problems. It's like having an assistant available 24/7, making your social media
experience smoother and more helpful.
o Sentiment Analysis: AI can figure out how people feel on social media. It looks at
what they say in comments and posts and decides if it's a happy, sad, or neutral kind
of message. This helps companies understand what people think so they can react in
the right way. It's like having a mood gauge for the internet so businesses can make
their customers happier.
o Trend Analysis: AI keeps track of all the chats and what's popular right now. This
helps companies and regular folks understand what everyone's thinking and talking
about. It acts as a social media news reporter that keeps customers in the loop about
what's hot and what people are buzzing about.
7. AI in Travel & Transport

o Optimization of Route: AI plays a crucial role in optimizing travel routes, be it for

parcel deliveries, public transportation, or personal trips. It efficiently calculates the
swiftest and most economical paths from one point to another point, resulting in
reduced travel time, minimized fuel consumption, and cost savings. Essentially, it
serves as a pocket-sized travel advisor, enhancing the speed and budget-friendliness
of your journeys.
o Smart Security Screening: AI helps in keeping traveling safely. It uses special skills
to scan bags and people quickly. It can spot things that might be dangerous and
make security checks faster and smoother. This means you can fly knowing that the
airport is working hard to keep you safe without making your travel a hassle.
o Chatbots for Travel Support: AI chatbots are like digital travel helpers. These
chatbots are capable of aiding you in various tasks such as reserving tickets,
suggesting interesting destinations to explore, and providing responses to your
inquiries, much like an affable travel consultant. This elevates the convenience and
pleasure of your travel adventures, as you can access assistance whenever it's
required, even during late-night hours.
o AI Prevents Breakdowns: AI works like a fortune teller for machines like cars,
planes, and roads. It predicts when they might get sick and need fixing. This way, we
can fix them before they break down and cause problems. It keeps everything
running smoothly, making travel safer and saving a lot of time and money.

8. AI in Automotive Industry
 o Self-Driving Cars: AI is like the brain of self-driving cars. It looks at what's
happening around the car using various sensors and decides what the car should do,
like turning or stopping. It's like having a super-smart driver that doesn't need a
person. This makes cars drive on their own, making travel more convenient and safer
because there's no need for a human to steer.
o Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS): AI adds extra smarts to your car to
keep you safe. It possesses the capability to autonomously adjust your vehicle's
speed while on the highway, assist in maintaining your lane, and swiftly engage the
brakes when detecting potential hazards. These intelligent functionalities function
akin to a co-pilot, ensuring your safety by preventing accidents and ensuring your
safe arrival at your intended destination.
o Streamlining Production Processes: AI watches over machines, checks if they're
healthy, and makes sure they don't break. It also helps with ordering materials and
makes sure everything is made just right. This makes things faster, cheaper, and
better quality, like having a super factory manager.
o Voice Recognition: AI-driven voice recognition systems allow drivers to control
various functions in their vehicles, such as navigation, music, and communication,
using natural language.

9. AI in Robotics:

o Self-Moving Robots: AI makes robots really smart at moving around on their own.
It's like giving them a built-in GPS and a clever brain. They can figure out where to go
and how to get there without bumping into things or needing a person to show them
the way. This helps them do tasks like delivering packages or exploring places on
their own, making them super independent.
o Object Recognition and Manipulation: AI gives robots sharp eyes and clever
hands. It helps them see objects clearly and then pick them up and move them just
right. This is super useful, especially in places like warehouses, where they can do
things like sorting and packing items accurately.
o Collaboration of Humans and Robots: AI makes it possible for robots to be great
team players with people. They can work alongside humans, helping out and learning
from them. If a person does something, the robot can understand and follow their
lead. This makes workplaces safer and more efficient, like having a trusty robot
colleague who understands and supports you.
10. AI in Entertainment

o Recommendation of Content: AI looks at what customers have liked before, such

as movies or music, and suggests new things that they might enjoy. It's like having a
personal entertainment guide, making their experience more enjoyable by offering
just what they like.
o AI as a Creative Assistant: AI acts as a creative sidekick for artists and creators. It
can make music, art, and videos or help improve what they create. It's like having a
helper that speeds up the creative process, making it easier to bring new ideas to life.
This way, artists can focus more on their vision, and AI handles the technical bits.
o Live Event and Performance Enhancements: AI makes live events and
performances even cooler. It can translate what people are saying in real time, add
cool effects that blend with what's happening, and even predict what the audience
will like. This makes shows and events more exciting and enjoyable for everyone
there. It's like having a magic touch that brings performances to life in new and
amazing ways.
11. AI in Agriculture

o Crop Observation and Control: AI, with the help of various sensors, acts as a
guardian for crops on the farm. It keeps an eye on them, making sure they're healthy
and growing well. It tells farmers when it's the best time to plant, water, and harvest
the most crops. It's like having a farm expert who ensures the fields are super
productive so farmers can get the most out of their hard work.
o Smart Farming for Efficiency: AI makes farming super efficient. It helps farmers
use just the right amount of things like fertilizer and pesticides, not too much and not
too little. This means there's less waste, and the crops grow better. It's like having a
precise chef in the field, making sure everything is just perfect for the plants to thrive
and produce lots of food.
o Automated Farming: AI controls a number of machines like tractors and drones.
These machines can plant seeds, remove weeds, and spray stuff on crops all by
themselves. They do it super well and exactly as needed, like having expert farmers
who never get tired and work perfectly, making farming easier and more efficient.
o Monitoring Livestock: AI uses special sensors and smart data analysis to make
sure they're healthy and happy. If anything is wrong, it alerts the farmer. This way,
the animals are well taken care of, and the farm can run smoothly. It's like having a
watchful friend for the animals, making sure they're okay and the farm works better.
12. AI in E-commerce

o Personalized Product Suggestions: AI looks at what you've looked at and bought

before and suggests things you might really like. It's like having a personal shopper
who knows your style, making your online shopping more fun and helping you
discover new things you might want to buy. Plus, it's great for the store because it
helps them sell more, and as a customer, it saves your time.
o Managing Inventory: AI takes care of a store's shelves. It predicts how much of
each product people will buy and automatically orders more when needed. In this
manner, there exists an optimal balance of products, preventing excessive stock that
ties up funds while also ensuring an adequate supply to prevent customers from
leaving without making a purchase.
o Dynamic Pricing: Artificial intelligence dynamically adjusts pricing according to
demand, market competition, and inventory levels, ensuring customers receive
optimal value while enhancing the store's profitability.

13. AI in education:

o Education Content Creation: AI acts as a teaching assistant for educators. It helps

them make things like quizzes, lesson plans, and study materials. This makes
teaching easier and better because educators have more time for students, and the
materials are top-notch. It's like having a super-efficient helper who does the
paperwork, leaving teachers more time to inspire students.
o Virtual Learning Assistants: AI is there to answer questions, explain things, and
offer help whenever students need it, day or night. This makes learning easier and
more fun because students have someone to turn to whenever they're stuck. It also
 takes some pressure off teachers because AI can handle common questions, leaving
more time for personalized teaching.
o Automated Assessment and Instant Feedback: AI acts like a super-speedy
homework checker. It looks at your assignments and tests and gives you grades and
feedback right away. This aids in gauging your progress and pinpointing areas for
potential enhancement. Furthermore, it alleviates some of your teacher's grading
responsibilities, allowing them to dedicate more time to teaching rather than paper
evaluation.
o Customized Learning Routes: AI figures out what you're good at and where you
might need extra help. Then, it gives you the right stuff to learn and the best way to
learn it. This makes learning easier and more fun.

Conclusion

The applications of AI are vast and diverse, touching nearly every aspect of our lives.
From healthcare to finance, astronomy to gaming, and transportation to entertainment,
AI is reshaping industries and propelling us into a future where the possibilities seem
limitless. As AI continues to advance, its impact on society is poised to grow, promising
increased efficiency, better decision-making, and innovative solutions to some of our
most pressing challenges. Embracing and responsibly harnessing the power of AI will be
key to unlocking its full potential and ensuring a brighter future for all.

Types of Artificial Intelligence:

Artificial Intelligence can be divided in various types, there are mainly two types of main
categorization which are based on capabilities and based on functionally of AI. Following
is flow diagram which explain the types of AI.
AI type-1: Based on Capabilities

1. Weak AI or Narrow AI:

o Narrow AI is a type of AI which is able to perform a dedicated task with

intelligence.The most common and currently available AI is Narrow AI in the world of
Artificial Intelligence.
o Narrow AI cannot perform beyond its field or limitations, as it is only trained for one
specific task. Hence it is also termed as weak AI. Narrow AI can fail in unpredictable
ways if it goes beyond its limits.
o Apple Siriis a good example of Narrow AI, but it operates with a limited pre-defined
range of functions.
o IBM's Watson supercomputer also comes under Narrow AI, as it uses an Expert
system approach combined with Machine learning and natural language processing.
o Some Examples of Narrow AI are playing chess, purchasing suggestions on e-
commerce site, self-driving cars, speech recognition, and image recognition.

2. General AI:

o General AI is a type of intelligence which could perform any intellectual task with
efficiency like a human.
o The idea behind the general AI to make such a system which could be smarter and
think like a human by its own.
 o Currently, there is no such system exist which could come under general AI and can
perform any task as perfect as a human.
o The worldwide researchers are now focused on developing machines with General
AI.
o As systems with general AI are still under research, and it will take lots of efforts and
time to develop such systems.

3. Super AI:

o Super AI is a level of Intelligence of Systems at which machines could surpass

human intelligence, and can perform any task better than human with cognitive
properties. It is an outcome of general AI.
o Some key characteristics of strong AI include capability include the ability to think, to
reason,solve the puzzle, make judgments, plan, learn, and communicate by its own.
o Super AI is still a hypothetical concept of Artificial Intelligence. Development of such
systems in real is still world changing task.

Artificial Intelligence type-2: Based on functionality

1. Reactive Machines

o Purely reactive machines are the most basic types of Artificial Intelligence.
o Such AI systems do not store memories or past experiences for future actions.
o These machines only focus on current scenarios and react on it as per possible best
action.
 o IBM's Deep Blue system is an example of reactive machines.
o Google's AlphaGo is also an example of reactive machines.

2. Limited Memory

o Limited memory machines can store past experiences or some data for a short
period of time.
o These machines can use stored data for a limited time period only.
o Self-driving cars are one of the best examples of Limited Memory systems. These
cars can store recent speed of nearby cars, the distance of other cars, speed limit,
and other information to navigate the road.

3. Theory of Mind

o Theory of Mind AI should understand the human emotions, people, beliefs, and be
able to interact socially like humans.
o This type of AI machines are still not developed, but researchers are making lots of
efforts and improvement for developing such AI machines.

4. Self-Awareness

o Self-awareness AI is the future of Artificial Intelligence. These machines will be super

intelligent, and will have their own consciousness, sentiments, and self-awareness.
o These machines will be smarter than human mind.
o Self-Awareness AI does not exist in reality still and it is a hypothetical concept.

Features of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is no longer about the renowned concepts of science fiction but a
transformative power that changes industries' faces, improves life at hand and pushes
boundaries on the potential ability residing in technology. Originally rooted in complex
algorithms and computational power, AI grew into multidimensionality in its capability as
it could perform tasks that traditionally seemed to require human intelligence. From
automation of routine tasks to deep data analytics, AI is redesigning the way we connect
to technology and the functioning of businesses. The learnability of this technology over
time, the capacity to adapt itself, and the path to continuous improvement set it as
central to modern technology. Understanding the core features that define AI is
important as it percolates through every other sector, facilitating the full realization of its
potential and easily going with the changes it brings to life and workplaces.

Eliminate Dull and Boring Work

This is where the Artificial Intelligence system can easily automate repetitive and
monotonous tasks, completely removing human involvement in such work. This not only
enhances productivity with accuracy but also frees humans to focus on more creative
and complex problem-solving. Here is an in-depth look into how this is achieved with the
help of AI:

o Automation of Repetitive Tasks: AI systems are good at handling repetitive,

routine tasks that normally take a long time and are prone to human error.
 These tasks range from entries of simple data to various complex processes
within different industries.
o Entry and Management of Data: The entry of data is the supreme example
of one of the mundane tasks that AI can automate. AI-driven systems can put
in, efficiently, data with minimal errors. In contrast to humans, who can
become fatigued and prone to error, AI can work around the clock to a high
degree of accuracy-a prerequisite for cases in which the integrity of data has
to be guaranteed. For instance, empowered by AI, OCR technology scans
and digitizes paper documents, thereby turning them into editable and
searchable data formats. This procedure is automated, saving time but also
reducing data entry errors.
o Improving Productivity and Accuracy: AI greatly enhances productivity by
way of automating tasks that are repetitive. What used to take hours now
takes minutes, freeing the employee's time to do tasks that really require
human intelligence and creativity. This shift from mundane to strategic work
probably results in higher job satisfaction and creates an environment within
which innovation can take place in the workplace.
o Robotic Process Automation (RPA): Robotic Process Automation is a part
of Artificial Intelligence that deals with process automation in organizations.
RPA utilizes Artificial Intelligence and machine learning to tend to high-volume
operations that are repetitive in nature and typically require human
intervention.

Data Ingestion

Ingestion happens to be among the most striking capabilities of AI systems, making

them process vast amounts of data with speed and accuracy. Nowadays, every
organization located within multiple industries is surrounded by vast amounts of
information originating from various sources. This is big data. The ability of AI to quickly
digest, analyze, and interpret this data greatly enhances intuition by providing the insight
required, hence making it easier to make data-driven decisions. Next is a complete
analysis of the role and applications of data ingestion in AI, including :
 o Speed and Efficiency in Data Processing: AI systems are designed to
process vast data sets, which are overwhelming and very time-consuming if
done by human analysts. Basically, data ingestion involves the collection of
large data volumes from several sources, transforming them into a format that
is usable, and subsequently loading them into a database or data warehouse
for analysis.
o Data Collection: AI might draw from various sources, including databases,
cloud storage, APIs, and real-time streams. As another example, in the
financial sector, data could come from feeds concerning the stock market,
financial reports, and social media trends. In the health industry, data can
originate from EHRs, medical devices, and clinical trials.
o Data Transformation: The collected data will then have to be cleaned and
transformed into a form appropriate for analysis. Checking for duplicates,
handling missing values, and standardizing formats are all quality control
measures that AI algorithms can help automate to ensure the accuracy and
consistency of the data. For instance, in marketing, data from several
campaigns and channels may be standardized so as to have a unified view of
every interaction with the customer.
o Data Loading: The last step in the process of data ingestion is to load it into a
database or data warehouse. AI can ensure all this happens efficiently so that
storage and retrieval work effectively. For example, e-commerce companies
may load data about customer transactions and browsing behavior into a
central repository for analysis to extract insights into buyer preferences and
purchase patterns.
o Analysis and Interpretation: This will let AI machines ingested with data
analyze and interpret data for meaningful insights. This is most needed in
industries where the timely and correct analysis of data is the time-tested way
of decision-making.

Imitate Human Cognition

One of the most astounding features of AI is the capability of machines to imitate the
activity of the human brain. Advanced techniques, one of which is machine learning
through neural networks, have the ability to enable AI systems to learn from data,
identify patterns similar to those in the human brain, and, consequently, make decisions
based on past experiences. This cognitive capacity makes AI capable of managing
different complex tasks with very high accuracy, thus changing whole industries and,
accordingly, affecting daily life. Let us look a little deeper at how AI is copying human
cognition and take a look at the impact of the ability.:

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o Learning from Data: At its core lies machine learning that enables AI's
cognitive capabilities, operating systems learn on their own without explicit
programming from data. AI models can process huge volumes of data,
understand patterns, and hence derive relationships from the data that enable
them to make any prediction or decisions. For example, in language
processing, AI systems analyze mounds of text to learn the finesses of the
human language, enabling them to perform tasks such as translation and
summarization with impressive accuracy.
o Pattern Recognition and Decision Making: Pattern recognition drives AI's
cognitive functions. For example, AI systems in image analysis can locate
entities, faces, scenes, and other objects in images by learning from images
that have been annotated. Likewise, AI in speech recognition recognizes
words and phrases from audio data. This pattern recognition allows AI to
make educated decisions. For instance, self-driving cars are equipped with AI
that recognizes traffic signals, pedestrians, and other vehicles to make driving
decisions in real time for safe and efficient operation.
o Natural Language Processing (NLP): One of the directions in AI research is
Natural Language Processing, an AI domain dealing with the interaction of
computers and human language. Understanding and generating human
language empowers AI systems to converse, answer questions, and
recommend entities. This is how virtual assistants like Siri, Alexa, or Google
Assistant use NLP to understand voice commands and react accordingly.
They are able to set reminders, play music, update on the weather, and even
control smart devices at home-exhibiting some cognitive abilities of AI.

Facial Recognition and Chatbots

Among many changing features, Artificial Intelligence has brought into everyday life the
fast diffusion, massive usage, and potential impact on various business verticals that
facial recognition and chatbots enjoy. These two technologies, built atop cutting-edge AI
algorithms, aim to deliver on tasks done manually, thereby enhancing security, customer
experience, and, generally, user experience.

Facial recognition is processed through sophisticated AI technology designed to identify

and verify individuals against their unique facial features. There are a total of four stages
involved: detection, alignment, feature extraction, and finally, matching.

o Detection: The system will first detect the face either in an image or in any
form of video frame. This stage usually involves machine learning models
previously trained to recognize facial patterns.
o Alignment: On detection of a face, it aligns the face to a standard format to
ensure the facial features are in a consistent position and provide a basis for
further feature analysis. This step is the more critical one for proper
recognition, taking into account not only head pose but also variations in
lighting.
o Feature Extraction: The system then extracts some distinctive features from
the face like eyes' distance, nose shape, and lips' shape. After that, these
features are converted to a mathematical representation, i.e., faceprint.
o Matching: Match the faceprint previously extracted and described to a
database of known faceprints. These are accomplished using advanced
algorithms, much like the deep learning approach, utilizing convolutional
neural networks that assure highly accurate matches.

Chatbots are AI-fueled virtual assistants constructed to carry on a conversation with

humans. They decipher and respond to the user's queries and interact in a
conversational way, using natural language and features of machine learning. There are
mainly two types of chatbots: Rule-based and AI-based.

o Rule-Based Chatbots: These work with defined rules and scripts; they make
simple inquiries and give specific responses to a keyword or words. The entire
exercise of a rule-based chatbot is therefore efficient for simple operations
operative with its predefined rules.
 o AI-Based Chatbots: Such chatbots work through an NLP and machine
learning mechanism to comprehend context and intent out of user queries.
These can go on to have more complicated dialogues, be well aware of the
learning from interactions, and give more accurate and relevant responses.

Conclusion

The uniqueness associated with AI, continuing on dull tasks, high-speed data ingestion,
imitating human cognition, facial recognition, chatbot, and the list goes on, represents
the way AI is going to bring change. With the ongoing advancement of AI, its infusion
into life and industry can only become deeper to take innovation and efficiency to a
whole new level.

Understanding those features allows an individual to come to grips with the scale of AI
capabilities and the depth of its effect. By taking over routine work, AI sets humanity free
to realize its potential for creativity and strategic insight. It delivers the most unparalleled
intake and processing of data, thus revolutionizing data-driven approaches in making
decisions to provide insights that can result in breakthroughs in different fields. The
capability to imitate human cognition is opening many new ways in user interaction. This
eventually leads to making technology more intuitive and accessible to everyone.
Examples of AI-Artificial Intelligence
In this topic, we are going to provide an essay on Artificial Intelligence. This long essay
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History of AI, Advantages and disadvantages, Types of AI, Applications of AI,
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Essay on Artificial Intelligence

 o Introduction: What is Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial Intelligence is a combination of two words Artificial and Intelligence, which refers
to man-made intelligence. Therefore, when machines are equipped with man-made
intelligence to perform intelligent tasks similar to humans, it is known as Artificial
Intelligence. It is all about developing intelligent machines that can simulate the human
brain and work & behave like human beings.

We can define AI as, "Artificial Intelligence is a branch of computer science that

deals with developing intelligent machines which can behave like human, think
like human, and has ability to take decisions by their own."

With AI, machines can have human-based skills such as learning, reasoning, and
solving logical problems.

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AI is one of the fastest-growing technology that is making human life much easier by
providing solutions for complex problems. It has also brought different opportunities for
everyone, and hence it is a very demanding technology in the market.

o History of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is assumed a new technology, but in reality, it is not new. The
researchers in the field of AI are much older. It is said that the concept of intelligent
machines was found in Greek Mythology. Below are some keystones in the development
of AI:

o In the year 1943, Warren McCulloch and Walter pits proposed a model of Artificial
neurons.
o In the year 1950, Alan Turing published a "Computer Machinery and Intelligence"
paper in which he introduced a test, known as a Turing Test. This test is used to
determine intelligence in machines by checking if the machine is capable of thinking
or not.
o In the year 1956, for the first time, the term Artificial Intelligence was coined by the
American Computer scientist John McCarthy at the Dartmouth Conference. John
McCarthy is also known as the Father of AI.
o In the year 1972, the first full-scale intelligent humanoid robot, WABOT1, was
created in Japan.
 o In the year 1980, AI came with the evolution of Expert Systems. These systems are
computer programs, which are designed to solve complex problems.
o In the year 1997, IBM Deep Blue beat world chess champion Gary Kasparov and
became the first computer to defeat a world chess champion.
o In the year 2006, AI came into the business world. World's top companies like
Facebook, Twitter, and Netflix also started using AI in their applications.

o Advantages & disadvantages of AI

Advantages:

o One of the biggest achievements of Artificial Intelligence is that it can reduce human
error.
o AI can be very helpful in risky situations where humans can't reach or find difficult
survival. Such as exploring the deepest part of the sea.
o With AI, 24*7 support can be provided to the customers using chatbots as customer
care.
o Repetitive actions can be boring for human beings, but with AI-enabled machines,
they can be performed with full efficiency.
o It is very helpful in daily activities, such as Google Assistant Alexa, and other virtual
assistant technology are helping to make our life easier.

Disadvantages:

o The development and maintenance of AI systems are very expensive.

o The dependencies of human beings on such technologies making humans lazy.
o There is always a fear with AI that if it gets advanced, it may be harmful to humanity.
o If inputs are not fed correctly to AI systems, then it may cause harmful results.

o Types of AI
 o On the basis of Capability, AI can be divided into mainly three types:

1. Narrow AI or Weak AI: Narrow AI or Weak AI is a basic kind of Artificial Intelligence,

which is capable of completing dedicated tasks with intelligence. The current version of
AI is narrow AI.

Narrow AI can only perform the specific task and not beyond its limitation, as they are
trained for one task only. It is programmed to do a specific task such as Play Chess,
Checking Weather, etc.

2. General AI:

Artificial General intelligence or "Strong" AI defines the machines that can show human
intelligence. We can say, Machines with AGI can successfully perform any intellectual
task that a human can do. This is the sort of AI that we see in movies like "Her" or other
sci-fi movies in which humans interact with machines and operating systems that are
conscious, sentient, and driven by emotion and self-awareness.

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Currently, this type of intelligence does not exist in the real world and only exist in
researches and movies. However, researchers across the world are working to develop
such machines, which is still a very difficult task.
3. Super AI

Super AI refers to AI that is self-aware, with cognitive abilities that surpass that of
humans. It is a level where machines are capable of doing any task that a human can do
with cognitive properties. However, Super AI is still a hypothetical concept, and it is a
challenging task to develop such AI-enabled machines.

o On the basis of Functionality:

1. Reactive Machines

Reactive machines are the basic types of AI, which don't store memories or past
experiences for their actions. These types of AI machines only focus on current
scenarios and work as per the requirement with the best possible actions. IBM's Deep
Blue is an example of a reactive machine.

2. Limited Memory

Limited memory can store some memory or past experiences for a limited time period.
Some examples of limited memory are Self-driving cars.

3. Theory of Mind

Theory of Mind is the type of AI which are capable of understanding human emotions,
and interact with the human in their way. However, such AI machines are yet not
developed, and developers and researchers are making efforts for creating such AI-
enabled machines.

4. Self-awareness

Self-awareness AI is the future of Artificial Intelligence, which will have its own
awareness, sentiments, and consciousness. This AI is only a hypothetical concept and
will take a long journey and challenges to create such AI.

o Applications of AI

1. Game Playing:
AI is widely used in Gaming. Different strategic games such as Chess, where the
machine needs to think logically, and video games to provide real-time experiences use
Artificial Intelligence.

2. Robotics:

Artificial Intelligence is commonly used in the field of Robotics to develop intelligent

robots. AI implemented robots use real-time updates to sense any obstacle in their path
and can change the path instantly. AI robots can be used for carrying goods in hospitals
and industries and can also be used for other different purposes.

3. Healthcare:

In the healthcare sector, AI has diverse uses. In this field, AI can be used to detect
diseases and cancer cells. It also helps in finding new drugs with the use of historical
data and medical intelligence.

4. Computer Vision:

Computer vision enables the computer system to understand and derive meaningful
information from digital images, video, and other visual input with the help of AI.

5. Agriculture:

AI is now widely used in Agriculture; for example, with the help of AI, we can easily
identify defects and nutrient absences in the soil. To identify these defects, AI robots can
be utilized. AI bots can also be used in crop harvesting at a higher speed than human
workers.

6. E-commerce

AI is one of the widely used and demanding technologies in the E-commerce

industry. With AI, e-commerce businesses are gaining more profit and grow in business
by recommending products as per the user requirement.

7. Social Media
Different social media websites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc., use AI to
make the user experiences much better by providing different features. For example,
Twitter uses AI to recommend tweets as per the user interest and search history.

o Prerequisites for Artificial Intelligence

As a beginner, below are some of the prerequisites that will help to get started with AI
technology.

o Strong knowledge of Mathematics mainly, Calculus, Linear Algebra, Statistics and

probability.
o A good experience in programming languages like Java, Python, R.
o A strong understanding of algorithms.
o Good background in data analytics skills.

o Challenges with AI

o Lack of data or poor-quality data

One of the big challenges with AI is that we don't have enough data to work with AI
systems, or data we have is of poor quality or unstructured. AI depends on data for its
working and requires a huge amount of data for a good result, but in the real world, data
is available either in raw form or unstructured form that contains lots of impurities and
missing values that cannot be processed or analyzed. Hence the processing of such
data is a big task for organizations, and it takes lots of effort and is a time-consuming
process.

o Insufficient IT infrastructure

There is still a lack of IT infrastructures, mainly in start-ups, which is a big issue in AI

researches and development.

o Lack of AI talent

AI is growing continuously day by day with rapid speed, and more people are accepting
the proven ideas of AI. The growing rate of AI also needs developers of AI tech.
However, the professionals with full scales skills to develop high-level AI
implementations are still lacking, which is also one of the big challenges with AI.
 o Computing Power

Computing power has always been a big issue in the IT industry, but day by day, this
issue has been resolved. However, with the development of AI, this issue has arisen
again. Deep learning and the processing of neural networks, which are part of AI, require
a high level of computing power, and are a major challenge for the tech industries.
Mainly for start-ups, collecting money and such high computing power to process the
data is a big deal.

o Legal Issues

One of the latest challenges with AI is that now organizations need to be wary of AI. The
legal issues are raised for concern that if AI collects sensitive data, that may be a
violation of federal laws.

Although it is not illegal, industries need to be careful of any supposed impact that might
negatively affect their organization.

o Conclusion

Artificial Intelligence is undoubtedly a trending and emerging technology. It is growing

very fast day by day, and it is enabling machines to mimic the human brain. Due to its
high performance and as it is making human life easier, it is becoming a highly
demanded technology among industries. However, there are also some challenges and
problems with AI. Many people around the world are still thinking of it as a risky
technology, because they feel that if it overtakes humans, it will be dangerous for
humanity, as shown in various sci-fi movies. However, the day-to-day development of AI
is making it a comfortable technology, and people are connecting with it more.
Therefore, we can conclude that it is a great technology, but each technique must be
used in a limited way in order to be used effectively, without any harm.