There has been a lot of buzz and hype about Artificial Intelligence (AI), but what exactly is it and is it really all that it is made out to be.

Lets start by looking into what AI actually is. Artificial intelligence is a simulation of human intelligence in machines that are specially programmed to think like humans and even mimic their actions. The AI term may also be used to describe a machine that displays human like traits such as learning and problem-solving.

There are three basic AI concepts: machine learning, deep learning, and neural networks and AI is currently being used in a number of areas such as.

• Maps and Navigation. For voice assistants and self-driving cars
• Facial Detection and Recognition for security related situations
• Text Editors or Autocorrect.
• Search and Recommendation Algorithms.
• Chatbots.
• Digital Assistants.
• Social Media.
• E-Payments.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) could help to do the following.

• Promote creativity.
• Help disease diagnosis
• Achieve general intelligence.
• Encourage social Intelligence.
• Develop problem-solving ability.
• Incorporate knowledge representation.
• Promote synergy between humans and AI.
• Facilitate planning.
• Allow and improve continuous learning.

Is AI good or bad? This is one of the questions being asked. This article from Forbes tries to address this.

Another question addressed here is what will be the impact of AI on society?

I will be delving deeper into the topic of whether AI will replace humans in my next post.