13 Mind-Blowing Things Artificial Intelligence Can Already Do Today
13 Mind-Blowing Things Artificial
Intelligence Can Already Do Today
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now, most of us are aware of artificial intelligence (AI) being an increasingly
present part of our everyday lives. But, many of us would be quite surprised to
learn of some of the skills AI already knows how to do. Here are 13
mind-blowing skills artificial intelligence can already do today.
1.
Read
Is
one of your wishes to save time by only having to pay attention to the salient
points of communication? Your wish has come true with artificial
intelligence-powered SummarizeBot. Whether
it's news articles, weblinks, books, emails, legal documents, audio and image
files, and more, automatic text summarization by artificial intelligence and
machine learning reads communication and reports back the essential
information. Currently, SummarizeBot can be used in Facebook Messenger or Slack
and relies on natural language processing, machine learning, artificial
intelligence, and blockchain technologies.
2.
Write
Would
you believe that along with professional journalists, news organisations such
as The New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters, and more rely on artificial intelligence to write? They do, and
although this does include many "who, what, where, when, and how"
formulaic pieces, AI is able to expand beyond this to more creative writing as
well. Many marketers are turning to artificial intelligence to craft their social media posts. Even a novel has even been generated by artificial
intelligence that was short-listed four an award.
3.
See
Machine
vision is when computers can “see” the world, analyse visual data, and make
decisions about it. There are so many amazing ways machine
vision is used today, including enabling self-driving cars, facial
recognition for police work, payment portals, and more. In manufacturing, the
ability for machines to see helps in predictive maintenance and product quality
control.
4.
Hear and understand
Did
you know artificial intelligence is able to detect gunshots, analyse
the sound, and then alert relevant agencies? This is one of the mind-blowing
things AI can do when it hears and understands sounds. And who can refute the
helpfulness of digital voice assistants to respond to your queries whether you
want a weather report or your day's agenda? Business professionals love the
convenience, efficiency, and accuracy provided by AI through automated meeting minutes.
5.
Speak
Artificial
intelligence can also speak. While it’s helpful (and fun) to have Alexa and
Google Maps respond to your queries and give you directions, Google Duplex takes it one step further and uses AI to
schedule appointments and complete tasks over the phone in very conversational
language. It can respond accurately to the responses given by the humans it’s
talking to as well.
6.
Smell
There
are artificial intelligence researchers who are currently developing AI models that will be able to detect illnesses—just
by smelling a human's breath. It can detect chemicals called aldehydes
that are associated with human illnesses and stress, including cancer, diabetes, brain injuries, and detecting the
"woody, musky odour" emitted from Parkinson's disease even before any
other symptoms are identified. Artificially intelligent bots could identify gas
leaks or other caustic chemicals, as well. IBM is even using AI to develop new perfumes.
7.
Touch
Using
sensors and cameras, there's a robot that can identify "supermarket
ripe" raspberries and even pick them and place them into a basket! Its
creator says that it will eventually be able to pick one raspberry every 10
seconds for 20 hours a day! The next step for AI tactile development is to link touch with other senses.
8.
Move
Artificial
intelligence propels all kinds of movement from autonomous vehicles to drones
to robots. The Alter 3 production at Tokyo’s New National Theatre
features robots that can generate motion autonomously.
9.
Understand emotions
Market
research is being aided by AI tools that track a person’s emotions as they
watch videos. Artificial emotional intelligence can gather data from a person's
facial expressions, body language, and more, analyse it against an emotion
database to determine what emotion is likely being expressed, and then
determine an action based on that info.
10.
Play games
It's
not all serious business with artificial intelligence—it can learn to play
games such as chess, Go, and poker (which was an incredible feat)! And, turns
out that AI can learn to play these games plus compete and even beat humans at
them!
11.
Debate
IBM’s Project Debater showed us that artificial
intelligence can even be successful at debating humans in complex subjects. Not
only is it able to research a topic, but it can also create an engaging point
of view and craft rebuttals against a human opponent.
12.
Create
Artificial
intelligence can even master creative processes, including making visual art, writing
poetry, composing music, and taking photographs. Google's AI was even able to create its own AI “child”—that outperformed
human-made counterparts.
13.
Read your mind
This
is truly mind-boggling—AI that can read your mind! It can interpret brain
signals and then create speech. Impressive and life-changing for those with
speech impairment, but a little bit unnerving when you consider the
mind-reading aspect of the skill. It's no surprise that some of the biggest
tech giants, including Facebook and Elon Musk have their own projects underway
to capitalise on AI's mind-reading potential.
Now
imagine if these 13 mind-blowing skills were all combined into one super
artificial intelligence! Frightening or exhilarating? That’s up to you to
decide, but I think we can all agree, it would be mind-blowing!
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