One may be perplexed how tools with the help of silicon chips, metals, panels, and circuits can be forged into machines such as; robots, drones, workable midgets, gadgets, etc to ease human stress and effort. Of course, that is what a "machine" does. It makes the our easier and faster. We are in a fast
advancing technological era where no one should be left in the dark.
Without machines, we'll be left to load a truck load with chippings/sand using our bare hands but you'll all agree with me that by doing so, one will get easily tired and fatigued. In this case, an excavator machine is used to ease the task.
So in summary, "a machine is a tool to get a job done".. A brother of mine @pangoli once used the movie titled: the three idiots to illustrate this better and I won't go into more details because that's not why I'm here.
In what seems like a technological witchcraft, "modern machines" have advanced to the level of using artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of robots, industrial machines, Computer numerical control machines (CNC), and drones, etc. the details of how it came about, when it started, those behind this great invention had not been widely discussed. Yeah!..! "Artificial intelligence"..One will ask what is artificial intelligence(AI) and what it entails??..
Artificial intelligence or AI simply entails an intelligence exhibited artificially(i.e by man-made or non-natural) means.
My phone dictionary, defines the AI as the branch of computer science that deals with the reproduction or mimicking of human level intelligence, knowledge, self awareness, conscience and thoughts in computer programs.
This simply implies; picking up a human brain and installing it in an electronic device. Now the question is CAN ONE'S BRAIN JUST BE REMOVED and packed in a computer?; the answer is NO.
Consequently, this could be made possible with the help of chips(silicon), circuits and other computerized electronic devices..By this, clones or mimicks can just be written in a single computer program in order to aid the task.
Although the early applications of AIs were not completely referred to as such rather, they were viewed as just an improvement in technology. Artificial intelligence had been incorporated into wide range of fields which includes: medical diagnosis (such as x-rays, CT scans, radiotherapys, etc), human bots, computer games, stock trading, and toys, before its modern use for robots control. During the early use of the technology, it was not fully recognized as artificial intelligence until the modern machines started using the technology to outperform humans.
The modern use of Artificial intelligence began before the 21st century, when Alan Turing, a computer scientist and a mathematician picked language in his famous Turing test in which he intended to define the features of human beings for its basis. His test selected important features of human beings and their abilities which were used for comparative analyses to determine the success of the existing machines and how much human being abilities they were able to perform. Despite its low recognition, the early machines were found to have accomplished significant percentage of human being abilities, with that a clear picture of future abilities needed from machines were drawn which aid the scientists to have areas of focus that led to the modern improvements and invention of a program/programs that can be referred to as "Artificial intelligence".
Nevertheless, Jim Gray of Microsoft, in 2003, suggested that Turing'sTest should be extended to understanding of speech, speaking recognizing of objects, and behaviour. This even pose more challenge to the scientists for further researches of which their benefits are the advanced artificial intelligence system seen today in modern machines and the possible Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) in the future.
Despite the modern AI in machines, some modern advanced computer applications and electronic games have artificial intelligence in-built. The following are the different classes of outcome for an AI test:
- Super-human: performs better than all humans.
- Par-human: performs similarly to most humans.
- Optimal: it is not possible to perform better (note: some of these entries were solved by humans)
- High-human: performs better than most humans
- Sub-human: performs worse than most humans.
History of Human-level Artificial General Intelligence(AGI)
The artificial general intelligence (AGI) is a term that represents the full ability of machines to carry out every function or work that human being would have to do. It is an advanced level of artificial intelligence where machines will have the exact knowledge and understanding like humans. In the year 1965, a pioneer on Artificial intelligence and an economist Herbert A. Simon predicted that machines will be capable of doing any work a man can do within the next twenty years, though the prediction seems to be inaccurate but the reality is not far from the present achievements in engineering science. According to Marvin Minsky prediction in 1970, he said “within a generation …the problem of creating artificial intelligence will substantially be solved”. These predictions are possible but the time allocated to them have not proved to be accurate. Based on four polls conducted in 2012 and 2013, the arrival of AGI would likely be within 2040 and 2050 according to experts’ median response. However, the polls cannot give a concrete time when full AI will be in existence but scientists and engineers know it will be possible.
Advantages of Artificial General Intelligence
The advantages of the AGIs includes:
Efficiency: Although bugs and errors are inevitable in written programs, some advanced super intelligence machines may be able to fix bugs and errors within their system through a troubleshooting method, the action will not only make them efficient but can reduce the fear of them misbehaving and turning against humans. Their efficiency is becoming useful for industrial productions and services making them more useful than human
Material management: Programmed systems had been seen to be more improvising in material usage than humans control systems. For instance, if a plastic industry needs 2 tons of pellets to make 500 pieces of plastic buckets per hour with 400kg of pellets wastage using human control mechanism, the automatic and robotic system can possibly use the 2 tons of pellets to make 800 pieces of plastic buckets per hour with 100kg material wastage. Such system will reduce cost of production and increase production output leading to favorable market competition and revenue to the investor.
Security: Despite the good number of AI robots in the modern technology, security still remain a big challenge but it can be said to have been minimized when compared to the 18th century and other centuries without the existence of A.I. robots. Digitalized Security cameras and surveillance drones had contributed to the improved security across the globe. The robotic system of internet networks has also made it possible to circulate any news across the whole world with a mobile phone in seconds. So if humanoid robots with artificial general intelligence can be stationed or be walking around the streets to detect actions and record them and automatically send them into the internet then, it is possible to know a criminal through the online video even before the law enforcement agencies could apprehend such person. Besides that, it can store conversations and may sound emergency alarm based on certain perceived evil conversations which can be made possible through the selection of certain keywords in the robot programs.
Human Pets: Super intelligence robots and machines may turn and become friends to humans using any possible emotional analyses program, they can know when to crack jokes and when to read words of motivations, remind the human of the past memorable occurrences, etc. such robots and machines can possibly replace animal pets at our homes.
Economic growth and price reduction: If super intelligent robots are incorporated into the industrial automation system to help in mass productions across different factories in the world, there would be possible drop in the prices of goods. This can be possible based on the large number of products such system can produce in an hour thereby making productions higher than demands which will lead to price reduction to the benefit of humans. Besides, the industrialist has nothing to lose since only few workers salary will be paid and the entire production cost is low.
A bot arm versus a human arm
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Electrical power consumptions: If the population of AIG machines becomes more than humans, they can contribute to the daily electric power consumption since they will all depend on their rechargeable batteries. The electric power that would be use to sustain their existence and keep their batteries fully charged every 24 hours could add to extra megawatts in the global electricity production at power stations.
Control: If not properly programmed, the machines may develop bugs and become uncontrollable or possibly turn against humans.
Possible Abuse from criminals: Even if sanctions on certain machines and robots are to exist in the future, there are possibilities that some criminals can hire them to carry out crimes. It is believed that the world may decide to place sanctions on some models and programs on robots but such sanction may not actually be accepted by some scientists which may lead to their secret production if any interested investor shows up.
Super Intelligence: If the current science fiction becomes a reality, the possibility of such future machines to re-write their own programs based on perceived signals from sensors and possibly become super intelligent than humans in the process which could lead to the possible control of humans will become another challenge.
Security: The need to improve in the global security may lead to the robots or machines exposing private videos and conversations behind closed doors to the whole world within few seconds through the internet system, without any knowledge that it is wrong. Celebrities and prominent personalities may find it very difficult to cope.
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5 . Interplanetary file systems (IPFS).
So guys, I leave you all to comment on what you think about this wonderful technological advancements..thanks..
