Artificial intelligence(AI) is one of the top trending technologies in recent times. Whether it is amazon’s Alexa or Tesla’s self-driving car, they always remain in our centre of attraction. These gadgets are based on the technology AI.
But what exactly is AI?
AI is the development of computer systems that are capable of performing such tasks which require human intelligence like decision making, object detection or solving complex problems.
It has mainly 3 stages-
Artificial Narrow Intelligence(ANI)- It involves machines which can perform tasks that are pre-defined. They don’t have their own thinking ability.
Artificial General Intelligence(AGI)- In this, machines possess thinking ability and make decisions just like humans.
Artificial Superintelligence(ASI)- Under ASI, machines surpass human intelligence and it can be termed as the ultimate destination of AI projects.
When it started?
In 1950, Alan Turing proposed the Turing test which determines a computer can intelligently think like a human. It was in 1956 when John McCarthy first coined the term AI and in 1959, the first AI lab was established at MIT.
Where We Stand Currently?
Siri (Apple’s personal assistant), Amazon’s product Alexa and Tesla’s self-driving car and all such products which have been built till date upon AI technology falls under ANI.
What Next?
Currently scientists and researchers are aiming for AGI. But experts have different opinions about when we will achieve it. Louis Rosenberg(CEO of unanimous AI) predicts it will happen by 2030. While a survey of 350 AI experts has predicted that it will occur around 2060 . But according to Paul Allen( Co-founder of Microsoft), AGI can’t occur in the 21st century. Many famous public figures like Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking have termed AGI as a possible threat to human existence.
Final Thoughts
It is quite clear that we have a long road ahead for AGI. But it is not the end. ASI is what we all dream of. It is what we watch in movies. But AGI is the next stoppage for us and the journey from AGI to ASI will be lengthier and tougher than that of ANI to AGI. So, ASI remains hypothetical and seems like infinity to us.