What is A.I.?

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What is A.I.?
When asked what comes to mind when someone hears
the words Artificial Intelligence, 65 of
people wrote the movie.
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Artificial Intelligence
Is the sector of computer science that is devoted
to developing software programs and machines that
appear to have intelligence and mimic human
behavior.
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• Programs that perform one specific problem or
  function.
• Has appearance of intelligence, but is not able
  to address a problem outside of its programmed
  scope.

• An artificial intelligence that is not limited
  to its programmed constraints.
• Is capable of thinking for itself and is aware
  of itself.
• Programmed to handle a broader range of
  functions, and is designed to handle more
  thought-intensive jobs.

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Determining Strong A.I.

• Turing Test
• Test developed by Professor Alan Turing in 1950
  to try and determine whether or not machines
  could actually think.
• Human engages into a conversation both with a
  human and a machine, and if the machine is able
  to fool 30 of the humans it passes as strong
  A.I.
• Loebner competition

• Awareness Test
• Attempts to answer the question of whether or
  not the A.I. is aware of itself and has self
  preservation.

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UNC Turing Test 2006
Ask each subject a series of questions to try and
determine which one is the human, and which is
artificial intelligence.
At the end of the questioning, the class will
vote to determine which subject is which.
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Examples of Weak AI
Robotic Mopping Devices (Scooba)
Robotic Vacuum Cleaners (Roomba)
Virtual Chess Programs Video Games
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Benefits of Weak AI

• Weak A.I. is extremely efficient at performing
  repetitive tasks especially in assembly and
  manufacturing jobs. The widespread usage of Weak
  A.I. would increase overall productivity.
• Increasing productivity will stimulate economic
  growth, raising standards of living and improving
  overall quality of life.

• With Weak A.I. performing the mundane jobs,
  people could focus on jobs they truly wanted to
  do.

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Unemployment

• Weak A.I. has the potential to replace millions
  of unskilled and skilled workers.
• Over 50 percent of the jobs in the United States
  could be threatened by robotic replacement.
• Despite the potential of creating new jobs, job
  creation does not occur instantaneously.
• The workers at risk for robotic replacement are
  primarily unskilled, undereducated individuals.

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Technology Unemployment
Throughout history, technology has always made
some jobs obsolete, but new job markets will
appear to reemploy those who lose their job.
Before the advent of the washing machine, some
people made their livings by washing peoples
clothing. In response to this technology, new job
markets opened up such as dry cleaners, creating
jobs for those replaced by the usage of washing
machines.
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Potential Robotic Replacement
AICooking Robot
At a price tag of 253,000, is able to fry,
bake, boil, and steam to perfection thousands of
authentic Chinese recipes!
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Robotic Replacement (Continued)
Ever-1
At a height of 1.6 meters, EveR-1 is able to
understand over 400 words and from a distance,
could be confused with a real, flesh and blood
human
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Robotic Replacement (Continued)
Ms Saya
The first robotic receptionist, who in her canary
yellow business suit is able to answer a variety
of questions from visitors using advanced voice
recognition software and a memory bank containing
over 700 verbal responses
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Migration towards Thought-Intensive Jobs
Thought-Intensive Jobs
Simple Tasks
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PaPeRo

• At the 2005 World Expo in Nagoya, Japan,
  attendees were given the option to leave their
  children in the care of the first robotic
  babysitter named PaPeRo.
• Face recognition software
• Embedded cell phone

Although PaPeRo could be programmed to notify
parents in the event of an accident, the robot
would be inefficient at being able to handle
every situation a babysitter would be exposed to.

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Robotic Security Guards
A Japanese company is currently testing a team of
security robots armed with paintball guns to
thwart off intruders onto the facility.
With the inability to analyze and evaluate every
person the security robot comes into contact, the
probability of the robot injuring an innocent
person will always be present.
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Case Study
You arrive at the scene of a bad car accident.
Two people are trapped in a car submerged in
water, one is a man in his mid thirties, the
other is a young girl around the age of twelve.
You have time to save one person, who would you
save?
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And Now Our Feature Presentation
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Response
This clip illustrates the limitations of
Artificial Intelligence, especially when put into
positions that require human judgment.
Human thought and intuition cannot be replicated
using code simply because every situation that a
robot encounters is too different to have general
guidelines determine its response.
Humans tend to save the weaker ones first in
hopes that stronger will be able to save
themselves.
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Famous
Robots
Furby
Rosie from the Jetsons
Cast of Robots
Bender
Optimus Prime
Sonny
C3-P0 R2-D2
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The
End