What’s the big deal?
When people generally talk about AI, they’re likely talking about strong AI, or AI that doesn’t exist yet. Strong AI is understood in contrast to Weak AI. Weak AI, or artificial nar- row intelligence, can perform a narrowly defined task, like telling you the weather or cre- ating a playlist of music you might like. Strong AI, or general artificial intelligence, can per- form broadly defined intellectual tasks that any human can do, like retrieving two locations, planning an optimal route between them, communicating your arrival, and driving a car to a destination... while playing music the passenger enjoys. Humans have a mixed track record in history, so giving a machine the autonomy of a human is concerning. Elon’s in tech. Why’s he so scared? It’s one of the big 5 emerging areas in tech (hardware, self-driving cars, cryptocurrency, and AR/VR being the debateable others). Why it’s exciting to our company is that for machine learning to be effective, you need highly talented engineers, a mountain range of good data, and a compelling need - all of which we have. Why does it matter to Tech, LV? Yes, artificial intelligence is the larger field that encompasses several subfields like comput- er vision, robotics, natural language processing, and machine learning. Machine learning is just a hot subfield at the moment because of its potential and how it’s examples are experi- enced more often than other subfields. Are AI and Machine Learning different? AI has been around for decades, but recent advances in CPU power, big data, and mobile, have pushed AI out of winter and into a spring we can expect to be a large part of our lives soon.
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Where do I learn more?
Degreed, of course. Check out the Machine Learning Pathway for the following:
Podcast: Machine Learning Guide - Episode 4 (22 min.) Video: AI, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning: A Primer (44 min.) Article: Machine Learning for Humans (10 min.)
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