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A.I.s and How They Determine Our Future

A lot of people may have heard of the term Artificial Intelligence or A.I., but not a whole lot of people know exactly what they are, or how they’re helping to shape our future.

Artificial Intelligence (c) Gerd Altmann, CC0 1.0

What is Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial intelligence, also known as A.I., is essentially the science of training machines to do human tasks. This is acquired by letting the computers process large amounts of data and eventually find patterns in the given data. Anything from a chess-playing computer to a self-driving car are all good examples of A.I.s.

Why are A.I.s important?

Artificial intelligence can deal with big data while still achieves incredible accuracy. And unlike us humans, we tend to get tired when over-worked, or when there’s too much information to perceive. A.I.s can work over long periods of time, and the more data that we put in, the more accurate they tend to become. So far, we have used A.I.s for many different industries due to their capabilities, like health care, banking, manufacturing and retail, e.g.

Final Thoughts

Artificial intelligence is perhaps one of the greatest innovations of all time. There may be lots of sci-fi’s about how A.I.s might going to take over the  world, but those stories are only fiction and are not based on proven facts. However, it is very possible that A.I.s will eventually become more capable of doing things than humans. In the near future, people predict that A.I.s will replace us in many areas, and taking away our jobs. But as the A.I. industry develops, it also creates more jobs. So, in the end, artificial intelligence can be very beneficial to us, moving forward towards a more high tech future.

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