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Roberto Moreno

November 22

Caleb Camacho

ENGL 1302

Final Research Proposal

Research Question: Why is artificial intelligence important to technological advancement in the

United States?

Some of us do not know the importance of artificial intelligence, but it's in our everyday

lives one way or another. It makes your life simple by innovative creations. It is created by

engineers and scientists. Artificial intelligence is important, because it leads the United States in

technological advancement, such as; in manufacturing industries, transportation, and in

healthcare.

There are many types of artificial intelligence. For instance; Reactive machines, Limited

Memory, Theory of Mind, Self-aware, Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI), Artificial General

Intelligence (AGI), and Artificial Superintelligence (ASI). Limited memory artificial intelligence

are machines that are able to learn collected data and make decisions upon that. Theory of mind

artificial intelligence is able to understand the entities it is interacting with by discerning their

needs, emotions, beliefs, and thought processes, basically understanding humans. Self-aware
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artificial intelligence is an AI that has evolved to be so akin to the human brain that it has

developed self-awareness. Artificial Narrow intelligence (ANI) can only perform a specific task

autonomously using human-like capabilities. These machines can do nothing more than what

they are programmed to do, and thus have a very limited or narrow range of competencies.

Artificial General Intelligence is the ability of an AI agent to learn, perceive, understand, and

function completely like a human being. These systems will be able to independently build

multiple competencies and form connections and generalizations across domains, massively

cutting down on time needed for training. This will make AI systems just as capable as humans

by replicating our multi-functional capabilities. Lastly, Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) in

addition to replicating the multi-faceted intelligence of human beings, will be exceedingly better

at everything they do because of overwhelmingly greater memory, faster data processing and

analysis, and decision-making capabilities.

Engineers and Scientists are the seed to artificial intelligence, without them artificial intelligence

would not be available to this day. There are many different types of engineers and there’s one

for everything. Manufacturing Engineers create the design and operation of integrated systems

for the production of high-quality, economically competitive products. They are hired by

manufacturing industries to create machines, such as Artificial Intelligence, that mass produce

finished products. This is important because manufacturing industries are created to provide

commercial innovation. For instance, automotive industries are created to mass produce

automobiles at a cheaper cost and at a faster rate. This is to show the importance of artificial

intelligence in the manufacturing world, considering that automobiles are used in everyday life.

For example, “Deloitte projections based on the Oxford Economic Model (OEM) anticipate GDP
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growth in manufacturing of 4.1% for 2022.” (Deloitte). This shows that the manufacturing

industries are growing rapidly and are creating competitive markets like AI. Artificial

intelligence is known as a simulation of human intelligence by machines (computer systems).

According to Ed Burns, from ‘What is artificial intelligence (AI)?’ AI systems work by ingesting

large amounts of labeled training data, analyzing the data for correlations and patterns, and using

these patterns to make predictions about future states. This helps us understand that artificial

intelligence not only works with mechanical efficiency, but with statistical information. This

shows that manufacturing industries are growing in the United States with the help of artificial

intelligence.

To continue, Artificial Intelligence is important in the transport industry, because

transportation is widely used, and it's done in different ways. There are many types of

transportation, such as; automobiles, bikes, trains, airplanes, etc…. All these types of

transportation are each year becoming more technological and advanced in many ways. For

instance, the car company, Tesla Motors, is an american manufacturer of electric automobiles,

solar panels, and batteries for cars and home power storage, known for their high technology

cars. It was founded in 2003 by American entrepreneurs Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning

and was named after Serbian American inventor, Nikola Tesla. Tesla Motors was also one of the

first automobile companies to introduce autonomous driving. This is to show that the United

States is improving technologically with the use of artificial intelligence. To further explain, the

use of artificial intelligence in teslas, is used in a way to collect data for better autonomy

algorithms. Tesla uses autonomy algorithms to “Develop the core algorithms that drive the car by

creating a high-fidelity representation of the world and planning trajectories in that space. In

order to train the neural networks to predict such representations, algorithmically create accurate
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and large-scale ground truth data by combining information from the car's sensors across space

and time. Use state-of-the-art techniques to build a robust planning and decision-making system

that operates in complicated real-world situations under uncertainty. Evaluate your algorithms at

the scale of the entire Tesla fleet.” (Tesla 2022). Tesla also uses information from its cars sold,

which captures data from daily drivers and implants that information of the road to their software

to improve their autonomous driving. There are also many other companies going into

autonomous driving such includes the use of artificial intelligence. It's not just about cars, but

also, bicycles, motorcycles, buses, etc…We now have the luxury of having electric bicycles,

which is a very efficient way of transportation for a college student, and efficient transportation

for the daily walker. Of course, some of these forms of transportation are fully electric but they

all include some sort of artificial intelligence. This is to show that artificial intelligence is

growing in transportation, proving the technological advancement in the United States.

The rapid growth of technological advancements is important, because it affects our daily

lives in many different ways. For example, the creation of artificially intelligent robots. This is

very important because they can do everything a human can do and more. If the U.S Military

wanted, they’d create an army, but there are many pros and cons. Since, AI robots are more

intelligent they can in sometime turn against the human at any point. AI robots can do this

because they’re able to read and analyze data, tell your emotional status, and more…They have

many capabilities the human doesn’t have. For example, the creation of Ameca and Sophia, these

are AI robots that are able to communicate with humans with no trouble. Sophia is also a

framework for cutting edge robotics and AI research, particularly for understanding human-robot

interactions and their potential service and entertainment applications. Sophia has been

broadcasted on a few shows such as; the Tonight Show and Good Morning Britain, in addition to
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speaking at hundreds of conferences around the world (Sophia). On the other hand, Ameca is the

world’s most advanced human shaped robot representing the forefront of human-robotics

technology. Designed specifically as a platform for development into future robotics

technologies, Ameca is the perfect humanoid robot platform for human-robot interaction. This is

a major technological advance that the United States is currently experiencing. It is not only one

of the best innovations that mankind has created but can also be dangerous in many ways. This

can be dangerous in ways that it can create disaster if the artificial intelligence is not

programmed correctly. For instance, teslas can’t always identify certain objects on the road that

creates the cars to maneuver in different directions that can cause accidents on the road deadly to

an everyday American. As mentioned before, the Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) in addition to

replicating the multi-faceted intelligence of human beings, will be exceedingly better at

everything they do because of overwhelmingly greater memory, faster data processing and

analysis, and decision-making capabilities. Meaning it can potentially turn on the human,

creating disaster worldwide. As we can see, artificial intelligence is not always a good

technological advance if it can cause harm.

Furthermore, artificial intelligence is becoming very important not only in hospitals but

in the medical world in general. This is important because hospitals are designed to provide

health emergencies to the ones in need, and artificial intelligence helps with efficiency.

“Artificially intelligent computer systems are used extensively in medical sciences. Common

applications include; diagnosing patients, end-to-end drug discovery and development,

improving communication between physician and patient, transcribing medical documents, such

as prescriptions, and remotely treating patients.” (Basu 2022) This helps understand that
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technological advancements in the United States is artificial intelligence, and it will only get

more resourceful in the future. This is important because when treating a patient, it is important

to diagnose a patient as soon as possible to take proper care as needed. For artificial intelligence

to be efficient it needs an abundant amount of data. Another challenge is that there is a risk of

bias if the data used to train the algorithms is not representative of the population as a whole.

Meaning that if the data pertains to a certain group of people, then the algorithms of the AI will

potentially have difficulties when testing patients. Today, there are many companies in the

artificial intelligence business, and it only helps the United States with technological

advancement. Competitive markets help create innovation to see who has the best products, in

this case, Artificial Intelligence. According to the Market Analysis Report, the global artificial

intelligence in healthcare market size was valued at $10.4 billion in 2021 and is expected to

expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 38.4% from 2022 to 2030(M.A.R 2030).

Which only helps with the improvement in our healthcare system and the technological

advancement of the United States.

All in all, artificial intelligence is important because it leads the United States to advance in

artificial intelligence, such as in; manufacturing industries, transportation, and in healthcare. This

helps us understand the importance of engineers in technological advancement. It is useful and

efficient to our new way of living. Even though there’s pros and cons in the artificial intelligence

business, it is only improving the U.S technological advancement. Pros are the efficiency and

accuracy of the machines and cons are improper data or coding in the machines that causes errors

in processes or malfunctions within the machine itself. Overall, Artificial Intelligence is

improving in the United States, and it will only continue to improve as time goes on.
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