Let’s start with the question, what do you think the most complex object in the universe is? try and think of it. We guarantee you the answer is in your head. Literally that’s because it’s the human brain. The most complex networks, most powerful systems cannot match it. Changing that is the ultimate goal of artificial intelligence. It is not about building a robot but creating a computer mind that can think like a human, but there are many steps along the way so-called simple or narro
AI systems are already everywhere from Apple’s Siri to Facebook’s friend recommendations, it’s in our cars our homes, in an air traffic control. A narrow AI has been around for years, doing one specific task better than any human.
The computer deep blue beat the world chess champion way back in 1997 but when we asked it to play draughts, it wouldn’t know where to start. It couldn’t learn a new game for itself, it couldn’t think as a human. And so, we come back to the challenge, and some say the danger of creating a human or general AI, a computer mind that thinks like a human, that learns that improves, that could even become superhuman.
Experts predict 2050 will be the year we could see it if it is even possible. It’s a race work billions. Some say it will save humanity, other said it could destroy us. Either way, if and when it happens the world will be changed forever.
