Decoded: What is artificial intelligence and how can it be a gamechanger?

Business Standard Decoded: What is artificial intelligence and how can it be a gamechanger?

First, we need a basic definition of artificial intelligence.

AI is the ability of machines and computers to mimic the human mind's decision-making and problem-solving capabilities. Note that that ability is limited at present. But, it still has massive implications for everything that constitutes the human world.

Now let's go a little deeper.

With AI, machines can understand and achieve specific goals. It is built on machine learning and deep learning.

Machine learning is the process by which machines automatically learn from existing data.

However, some human intervention is involved in the process. Here, the machine usually requires more structured data to learn.

The second component, deep learning, allows machines to absorb large amounts of unstructured data in the form of text, images, and audio. Unlike machine learning, it doesn't require human intervention to process data. Deep learning comprises neural networks.

Key features of AI: An AI system must have some of the following characteristics…    

Observation Analytical ability Problem-solving Learning

The sub-fields of AI are…  

Deep learning Machine learning

(Source: IBM) Broadly speaking, AI can be divided into two categories.

The first is known as narrow AI, and it's the kind that can today be found everywhere – from detecting faces in pictures and flagging content online to dealing with simple customer care inquiries. The most common example of narrow AI that you'll run into is the online chatbot.

The second is general AI, and it remains just a concept to date. General AI is envisioned to be as adaptable and flexible as human intelligence.

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