Artificial Intelligence (AI) – A Revolution
Life and technology has taken many spins and is going beyond imagination. Now is the era of Artificial Intelligence and we can witness its applications everywhere around us. It has already taken up a big chunk of control in terms of intelligence or resources and has also started replacing humans in various spheres of life. It is bringing a revolution on the planet.
1. What is Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is the study of intelligent systems which can perform tasks and activities that needs intelligence of the human level. This study allows machines to replicate the abilities of the human mind. It is considered to be the technology behind the fourth industrial revolution which has made immense changes in the world. Artificial Intelligence processes the thoughts of humans and machines which can think and act like humans can be designed using this branch of computer science. It builds smart machines which are capable of performing those tasks which generally require human intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence can replicate the cognitive abilities of the human brain. It can relate knowledge from one domain to another and come to a solution on its own. Artificial Intelligence is likely to bring a revolution in almost each and every field. Specific applications like expert systems, natural language processing, speech recognition and machine vision are used by Artificial Intelligence to bring in the revolution.
2. Cognitive Skills Used by Artificial intelligence
Many products and services, all around the world use Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning is one of the widely used components of Artificial intelligence. Basically, this human replacement requires a foundation of specific hardware and software for writing and training machine learning algorithms. There is no single programming that is identical with Artificial intelligence but we can say that, a few like Python, R and Java, are popular in this field. The programming of Artificial intelligence is based on three cognitive skills: learning, reasoning and self-correction.
2.1. Learning Processes
This cognitive skill focuses on getting data and forming rules for how to convert the data into actionable information. The rules that are formed here are known as algorithms. If we desire the algorithms to take up patterns and the machines to become smart, then we need to teach them over time. This can be done by providing the data, rules and an environment in which they can search and generate their own base for learning in terms of success and failure.
2.2. Reasoning Processes
Reasoning or problem-solving is programming that focuses on selecting the right algorithm to get to the desired outcome. It is characterized as a systematic search through a range of possible actions in order to reach the required outcome. It is a logical process of coming to conclusions, making predictions or approaching towards a particular thought, with the assistance of the existing knowledge.
2.3. Self-Correction Processes
As the name goes, this process is designed to constantly fine-tune algorithms and make sure they present the most accurate results possible. The algorithms can adjust frequently and improve their results every time.
3. Importance of Artificial Intelligence
Though in the adoption stage in India, Artificial Intelligence has made its way in many sectors like Agriculture, Healthcare, Education and Infrastructure, Transport, Cyber Security, Banking, Manufacturing, business, Hospitality and even in real estate. In some fields, Artificial Intelligence performs better than humans and in less time too. At times, it gives insights into some operations which may not have been known earlier. The tools used by Artificial Intelligence complete jobs quickly and with relatively few errors. Large and successful enterprises use Artificial Intelligence to improve their operations and gain advantage on their competitors. It has promising applications in the Healthcare Industry too.
Machine Learning, the chief component of Artificial Intelligence, where machines are accountable for completing daily tasks is believed to be smarter than humans. These machines learn and perform much faster than humans. They save time and work to a new level where they out-perform humans in their cognitive abilities and smartness. These machines work with guaranteed accuracy and precision, thus making the world an error-free place. Not only in everyday life, Artificial Intelligence holds importance in many other domains too, thus bringing a revolution on the planet.
4. Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence has marched into almost every sector of the world. Only a few of the important applications are mentioned here.
4.1. In Social Media
Artificial Intelligence is used to analyze large amounts of data in social networking firms, to determine what’s trending, different hashtags, and patterns. Different platforms use it in different ways. Artificial Intelligence, on Instagram takes into account your interests and the accounts you follow to select which posts appear in your Explore tab. Facebook uses the technique of Deep text which can interpret discussions and can automatically translate posts between languages. Artificial Intelligence is used by Twitter for fraud detection, propaganda removal, and hateful content removal. It also helps to suggest tweets to users depending on the types of tweets they engage with.
4.2. In Marketing
The applications of Artificial Intelligence are widely used in E-Commerce marketing and other marketing campaigns. These applications learn how to efficiently connect with customers based on data and customer profiles and then give them tailored messages at the perfect time without the need for marketing team interference, assuring optimal productivity.
4.3. In Health Care
Machine Learning of Artificial Intelligence makes better and faster diagnoses than humans. There are online virtual health assistants and chatbots to assist patients and healthcare customers find medical information, schedule appointments, comprehend the billing process and do other administrative processes. They assist the diagnosis with a much narrower margin of error and the robots can perform operations 24 hours a day, seven days a week without becoming weary and with a negligible margin of error.
4.4. In Robotics
Though robots were functioning even before Artificial Intelligence became a reality, they have now become more efficient and have found their way in a variety of verticals and industries, particularly in the manufacturing, packaging and transport industries. It has also made its way in the construction sector and brought in a revolution there.
5. Artificial Intelligence – A Revolution
Artificial Intelligence is bringing a revolution in our day-day lives. This revolution is witnessed in many fields. It is making our lives effortless and efficient. It powers many programmes and services and is gaining popularity. Smart digital assistants are already available in many homes. They can listen and then respond to the commands by turning them into actions, just in a couple of seconds. These virtual assistants can actually sift through all the background noise surrounding your speech and then interpret your command. This revolution has entered almost all aspects of life. Artificial Intelligence is a vast topic and efforts are taken in this article to incorporate a brief understanding of this ongoing revolution.