BenStein

ProfessorMuesing

UWRT1104

6February2017

ArtificialIntelligence:

Ipersonallythoughtthattechnologywasgoingtotakeovertheworldinthenext

decade.Hasntitalreadythough?No,becausethesmarterinventionswecreatethesmarterthe

humansthatinventthemget.Scientistsstudyingphysics,theoriesandcreatingnewinventions

takesmanyyearstodo.Howdidthisallhappen?

JohnvonNeumannwasamanofmanythings.Hisfieldsincludedmathematics,physics,

statistics,economicsandcomputerscience.Thepartofhisworkthatheconsidersmostessential

isquantummechanics.EinsteinandPlanckarealsoquitenotableonthiswork.Healsoplayeda

hugepartintheUnitedStatesnuclearprogram.HewasknownforbreakingtheGermanEnigma

codesinWWII.Hewassuchabrightscientistthatacolleague,NobelLaureateHansA.Bethe

stated,Ialwaysthoughthewasfromanotherspecies,anevolutionbeyondman.

Theconnectionsbetweensmartermachinesandintelligentscientistsconnect.Asthe

machinesgetsmarter,ushumansalsogetsmarter.Thisisveryinteresting.Ialwaysthoughtthat

theunemploymentratewasdownsolowbecausemachinesandtechnologyweredoing

everythingforus.Machinespracticallydoanythingtoday.Weusetheminschoolandforwork.

Weevengoasfarasrelyingonthemtomakeappointmentsforus.
 Computerswillgainhumanlevelabilityaroundtheyear2050,andsuperhumanability

lessthan30years.Thiscomputerrevolutionwasledbyahandfulofscientistswith

extraordinaryintelligence.AlbertEinsteinisoneofthesescientists.Hewasoneofthefirst

physiciststostudyquantummechanics.Thereareonlyahandfulofpeoplethatunderstandthis

theory,butthistheoryisthereasonsomeoftheworldstechnologyexiststoday.Perstatistics,

1030%ofGDPcreatedtodayhassomewhattodowiththistheory.

Overall,thisarticlehadmelookfromadifferentperspectiveonhowourtechnology

impactsourlivesandhowwelookatitfromamuchbroaderspectrum.Thisisgoodforfuture

technologyandinventions.

Thisarticletoldushowsmartmachineswonttakeoverourworldandinstead,aswe

inventandimprovethemtheywillmakeusmoreknowledgeable.