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24 February, 2017
Artificial Intelligence
What is Artificial
Intelligence?
The most basic definition of
Artificial Intelligence is a
computer that can successfully
write its own code.
Resulting in a type of thinking
this product is one that has yet to
be accomplished up to the current
date.
The most stereotypical A.I. is
The recent development of the criteria for new Artificial Intelligence, incorporated into working agents.
depicted as a humanoid robot that
interacts with its environment as
though it were alive and human. My Story, Pertaining to
But in reality, the only major
limitation of an A.I is to be able to Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)
think for itself and be able to react My experience with Artificial Intelligence (henceforth
in non-determined ways to its referred to as A.I.) is one that is quite different and in some aspects
environment, much like we as peculiar. At a young age, I was introduced to the concept of robots that
humans do. could think, move, and feel, just like we as humans do. This concept has
The first and most powerful of always fascinated me, and the implementations and potential are
its kind, IBMs Watson is one of staggering.
the most advanced A.I. to date. As I have explored the topic of A.I. both in and out of classroom
Watson has been advertised as settings, I have encountered two different points of view. First being the
being the first computerized aspect of how the development and perfection can benefit the world, and
personal assistant that is capable the second being how potentially devastating A.I. can be to the world and
of much more. economy.
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