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Artificial intelligence (AI) encompasses various technologies that enhance efficiency and solve complex problems across multiple fields, including healthcare, transportation, and agriculture. While AI has demonstrated significant potential, such as improving surgical precision and enabling self-driving cars, it also raises concerns regarding bias and reliability, as seen in flawed hiring tools and facial recognition systems. Overall, AI's transformative capabilities make it a vital focus for future technological advancements.

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Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) encompasses various technologies that enhance efficiency and solve complex problems across multiple fields, including healthcare, transportation, and agriculture. While AI has demonstrated significant potential, such as improving surgical precision and enabling self-driving cars, it also raises concerns regarding bias and reliability, as seen in flawed hiring tools and facial recognition systems. Overall, AI's transformative capabilities make it a vital focus for future technological advancements.

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Potential and Concerns

“Artificial intelligence is not just about efficiency gains,


it’s about opening up new possibilities, unlocking human
potential and solving some of society’s biggest
challenges.”
Let us start with the Potential of AI
No field today is left deprived of AI. What exactly is artificial intelligence? Well! Artificial
intelligence is the umbrella term for a range of technologies, such as machine learning, deep
learning, natural language processing, computer vision, speech recognition, and more. It is just
recognizing the pattern where humans take years and years to recognize. This has made the
work faster and more efficient. I hope everyone today is using ChatGPT, Google Assistant, Bard
etc. Within seconds students can get their homework done which takes hours and hours to
complete. You can unlock your phones using Face ID and many more. So, there is denying the
fact that AI has made our lives easier and faster.

Let me share with you a real life case of artificial Intelligence that has proved to be a boon to
humanity. AI assisted robotic surgery wherein a surgeon named Dr. Sheeraz Qureshi, decided
to use an AI-powered robot called Mazor X Stealth Edition to assist him in the surgery for his
patient Peter Drier, a 59-year-old man from New York who suffered from a rare spinal condition
called cervical spondylotic myelopathy. This surgery needed high precision and skill which is
beyond human reach. This robot combined 3D planning software, image guidance, and robotic
arm technology to help surgeons perform spinal surgery with more accuracy and efficiency. And
today, the patient has regained his mobility and quality of life, and returned to his normal
activities within a few weeks.

Another example of AI is a New technology used by the Tesla Company that enables self-
driving cars that can navigate complex traffic situations and reduce accidents risks. AI optimizes
routes, schedules and facilitates smart mobility. Sometimes people get confused between
automation and AI. AI is nothing but pattern recognition and gives you precise data.

AI is also doing wonder in the music industry.


The song ‘Heart on My Sleeve’, released by an anonymous creator who goes by
the name of Ghostwriter, is testing that question. The song used generative AI to
mimic the voices of musicians Drake and The Weeknd, though apparently neither
of those stars had anything to do with it. They haven’t sung those songs. Though
these were later rejected due to controversies. Imagine you can help AI talk to you
in your dead forefathers voices.
Enhancing our productivity and efficiency, AI can automate tedious and repetitive
tasks, freeing up our time and energy for more creative and meaningful pursuits. AI
can also augment our capabilities and help us solve complex problems faster and
better. AI can help optimize energy operations and improve efficiency and
sustainability. For example, AI can monitor and control smart grids, predict and
manage demand and supply, detect and prevent faults, and reduce emissions,
thereby saving energy. AI can help explore new frontiers of science and
technology in space. For example, AI can assist in navigation, communication,
data analysis, and decision making for spacecraft, satellites, rovers, and probes.
CIMON 2, a robot designed by Airbus and can be thought of as a mobile, Amazon
Alexa-style virtual assistant for astronauts in space. Built using IBM’s Watson AI
system, it navigates using fans to propel itself within spacecraft interiors and acts
as a hands-free information database, computer, and camera.

It is not only space but agriculture is also not left untouched. AI can help increase
crop yields and reduce environmental impact. For example, AI can assist in soil
analysis, pest detection, irrigation management, crop harvesting, and food
processing.
Now talking about the other side of AI
In 2018, Amazon scrapped an AI recruiting tool that was supposed to automate the
hiring process. The tool was found to be biased against women, as it favored
resumes that contained words such as "executed" or "captured", which were more
likely to be used by male applicants. The tool also penalized resumes that
mentioned women's colleges or other female-related terms. The bias was caused by
the fact that the tool was trained on data from the past 10 years, which reflected the
male-dominated tech industry. One such lawsuit was faced by Apple Company in
2019 wherein a student of New York claimed that he was falsely arrested due to a
faulty facial recognition system. The system was used by Apple to identify
suspects who had stolen Apple products from its stores. However, the system
mistakenly matched the student's photo with the photo of one of the thieves. The
student spent a night in jail and had to appear in court several times before the case
was dismissed. the lawsuit alleged that Apple's facial recognition system was
unreliable and prone to errors.
Overall, AI has the potential to transform industries, enhance human capabilities, and address
global challenges, making it a crucial area of development in modern technology.

THANK YOU! !

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