Thursday, January 19, 2017

Entry 1 - Artificial Intelligence

Description of Topic:

Artificial Intelligence (AI), as Merriam Webster defines it, is  "1: A branch of computer science dealing with the simulation of intelligent behavior in computers. 2: The capability of a machine to imitate intelligent human behavior". The denotation of the words AI literally encapsulate how computers are able to be used to solve problems. The connotation however has inevitably evolved into how humanlike a computer can be or if a computer can obtain consciousness. Some people argue that AI will never have the intelligence like humans do regardless of how well it can mimic human movements and some others argue the complete opposite, that AI could possibly take over the world. As of now, AI, is used everywhere in our daily life (through "Siri-like" and "Alexa-like" software, cars, phones, or, essentially any computer that can make decisions).

Relation to Computer Science:

This topic is actually all about computer science as shown by the Webster definition. These computers are programmed by humans and therefore it is a direct relation to CS. In order for a computer to mimic human behavior it has to follow various algorithms. However, a question I inevitably have then is, how much different does computer science have to be from what we believe it to be now in order to be able code and program consciousness (if this is at all remotely possible)? As it is now, AI is a subcategory of computer science because it deals with computers that come from computer science but does not encapsulate computer science as a whole.

Sources:
1. https://www.merriam-webster.com/ 
2. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/534871/our-fear-of-artificial-intelligence/ 
3. http://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/rms/computerweekly/photogalleries/237178/1411_20_the-honda-asimo-robot.jpg
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence

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