It describes the action of machines accomplishing tasks that have historically required human intelligence. It includes technologies like machine learning, pattern recognition, big data, neural networks, self algorithms etc. The origin of the concept can be traced back to the greek mythology, although it is only during modern history when stored program electronic computers were developed.
Artificial Intelligence has made its way into a number of areas like AI in healthcare, business, education, finance, law and manufacturing. Particular applications of AI include expert systems, speech recognition and machine vision.
BENEFITS:
- IN POLICING: India still has conventional policing. AI based products open a new window of opportunity to do predictive policing in India. With the help of AI, one can predict the pattern of crime, analyze a lot of CCTV footage which are available across the country to identify suspects.Government is digitizing all the records, especially the crime records putting it into one single place called CCTNS where all the data including the image, biometrics, or the criminal history of a convict or suspect is available.
- IN AGRICULTURE: It has many uses, for example, it can help sense one how much water the crop needs.
- For solving complex issues like efficient utilisation of available resources.
- ANALYZING THE DATA: AI helps us in analysing the data and thus can improve the efficiency of the systems like power management in cars, mobile devices, weather predictions, video and image analysis.
- They are beneficial for the economy, business and industries. Robots and AI will help people perform their tasks better, not take their jobs. It can increase business efficiency. Facial recognition, pattern identification and digital content analysis will be huge. Academic research, health sciences, and tech companies will enjoy enhanced capabilities.
- Artificial intelligence enhances users’ lifestyle choices by using search algorithms that provide targeted information. AI will handle all mundane tasks, such as data entry and answering emails. AI-powered smart homes can cut down on energy use and provide better security. Artificial intelligence can significantly expand human creativity and ingenuity by handling tedious tasks. People will have more time to learn, experiment and explore.
- For health care and medicine health care services will be better at diagnostics because an AI wearable can monitor users 24/7. Artificial intelligence can help people extend their knowledge and understanding of medicine. Image-based AI diagnoses can help doctors better treat their patients.
- AI has already made its way in the criminal justice system. It helps to mitigate bias. AI looks for patterns in criminal records and historical data to make a recommendation.
RISKS:
Many people are afraid of AI becoming self-aware and wiping out humanity. Movies based on robots provide us an opinion that AI can be dangerous. It surely comes with some risks-
- The decrease in the demand of human labour due machines and intelligent robots take over the jobs in the manufacturing and the services sectors.
- AI technologies falling into terrorist hands may unleash modern terror networks including machines and therefore vulnerability of humans may magnify.
- There have been reports that AI is using data to send people to jail for the wrong reasons. The device functions on the basis of prediction. It is like the movie “Minority Report”, where people get arrested before they commit a crime.
AI is a technology that is spreading across the world and that too in all domains. It has its own pros and cons. No country wants to be left behind in the race of technology and therefore we have to prepare ourselves to be taken over by such advancement of science and technology.
