Artificial Intelligence is the intelligence displayed by machines and robots as opposed to the intelligence which the humans and animals possess. As the world is progressing, it is being claimed that AI will become a major part of our life in the near future. There are many works being done in this field of AI. This ability for a machine or a program to learn and think accordingly has piqued the interests of a lot of researchers. Now AI is of two types –
1. Narrow AI – This kind of AI is not presumed to be very powerful. Such machines are programmed for a single task, mostly. They have little in built knowledge. They also have a lot of limitations and are considered to be even below the basic human intelligence.
2. Artificial General Intelligence – Such AI are considered to be programmed at the level of human intelligence. They are capable of executing and performing their tasks very fluently. We have witnessed in several series and film productions like Star Wars. They are programmed to complete almost any task which comes their way. However, at present such machine work has not been achieved fully so far but researchers and programmers are still working to accomplish it.
Advantages of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence has been adhered with a lot of enormous and revolutionary aspects in the field of technology and science. Let’s have a look at some of these benefits –
1. Risk enhancement – There are certain limitations to the human body and as of now there are several risky and dangerous tasks which the humans have to perform endangering themselves in the process. However, the AI robots can be used for such risky operations such as defusing a bomb or exploring greater depths in an ocean. This will prove to save many lives from such hazardous operations.
2. Availability – The AI machines and robots could be available for services at all times during the day. Humans require breaks and refreshments at regular intervals in order to perform their tasks. But AI robots can be made to work at all times, thus ensuring essential services to be available for needs at all times.
3. Make smart decisions – AI is being developed to adopt the ability of making the most apt or smart decisions. The AI machines will be capable of analyzing and examining each and every situation at hand, look for the most appropriate decision and take it. They won’t be driven by emotions as we humans are, as often people tend to make the wrong choices just because they fell emotional.
4. Accomplish repetitive tasks – It is very often seen that doing the same task day after day often reduces the efficiency of the employees and makes them bored. This will not be the case with AI as the machines and robots will be programmed to perform their task in a said manner and will not create any alterations with the result frequently. This will profitable for many companies.
5. Reduces the possibility of errors – Humans tend to do mistakes at times while performing as it is in our human nature to do so. But this case will not arise with AI machines as if they are programmed aptly then they would work in that specific direction and would avoid creating any mistakes. Hence, their will be more possibility of reaching accuracy.
Disadvantages of Artificial Intelligence
Now, Artificial Intelligence does have some disadvantages as well. Some of them are –
1. High costs – The machinery and equipment required for creating the AI machines is very expensive and could drain a lot of money.
2. Lack of approach – The AI machines are unable to think out of the box like us humans and if a new problem arises they require programming to deal with it.
3. Increasing tardiness in humans – Humans might tend to become more lazy and lethargic if more and more tasks are assigned ton AI machines.
At the end, the AI technology seems to have both its benefits and some flaws. Nevertheless, it will be fun to see what all it can accomplish.