As the world keeps growing, one major thing that really is becoming more and more important and popular is AI (Artificial Intelligence). You might not know a thing about AI, but while reading this article, your knowledge about the world beyond will thrive. For starters, the common abbreviation for Artificial Intelligence is AI, which we will be using mostly in this text.
The first AI was invented thousands of years ago. They were known as automations, which were small technologies thought to be complex inventions. Leonardo Da Vinci actually was a scientist, along with his many other careers, and also created a simple AI!
A lot of people misconstrue the fact that robots are NOT AI, but a different branch of it. Artificial intelligence is a vast variety of machine learning methods. Machine learning is when a machine learns from small bits of data and learns based on that. For example, if the creators of the AI show a lot of photos of cats, the machine will recognize that a picture of a dog is NOT a cat.
Now days, the top-tier countries leading the AI industry include USA, UK, and China, earning trillions of dollars for their global technologies.
Some major math concepts that AI uses are algebra, calculus, statistics, and probability. It is vital to know these core subjects for technology because most jobs in the future will be AI based, and understanding these concepts will make life 100 times easier!
Let’s answer some common questions from curious people: 1. Is Google an AI? – Well, Google is a narrow type of AI. It uses the same machine learning method, like when you search up the word ‘cat’ and it knows how to recognize a cat photo. Merely, Google is a search engine. However, Google has recently launched Gemini; a new full Google AI that can recognize even drawings! Google still has many more ongoing futuristic AI projects going on at the moment. Our next question is… Will Jobs Be Replaced By AI? Well, many jobs, such as artists, authors, content creators, and dangerous jobs such as mining, will be taken by AI. But even if that happens, even MORE jobs will appear, since AI is growing so rapidly. Also, many do fear that teachers will be replaced by AI; BUT AI will only be used as a teaching tool, because human teachers promote creativity, critical thinking, and socialization. Our final question is, Will AI Take Over the World? Well, humans created AI, and since humans are smart, we made AI smart, but only gave it the information that we wanted it to know. We can always stop it, anyways, thanks to the power of code. Fun fact: Shakuntala Devi once did an impossible mental math problem, and the calculator did it too, but the calculator turned out to be wrong! This shows that humans will always overcome the power of technology. 🙂
AI will also be used in multiple fields, such as healthcare, economy, education, and select jobs. For example, AI will eventually be able to detect and respond to harmful diseases. A study in China is using AI headbands in schools to detect if if the student is paying attention, and the information will be sent to teachers and parents. AI can also narrow down a company’s sales data into easy-to-understand sales ideas, and if a financial risk is worth it. Select jobs will also be done by AI- enabled robots to enhance the efficiency of the job. Even though millions of people will lose jobs, even more technology- based jobs will be used, and can result in higher pay! In total, AI will help (and hurt) the society. But we never know what will come in the future!