AI : The Biggest step for a New World.

In this drastically changing era of technology Artificial Intelligence is a key for the whole new world. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a fascinating concept of science fiction for decades, but many researchers think we’re finally getting close to make AI a reality. Scientists have made breakthroughs in “Machine Learning,” and Neural Networks, which mimics the processes of real neurons.
Much like humans, these computers learn from experience. In their case though, the experience is gathered from data. Computers are brilliant at computational intelligence — remembering, calculating probability, discerning patterns in datasets too subtle for people to notice. This capacity is harnessed in the field of predictive analytics using machine learning.
The creation of a more general purpose AI, being more versatile and closer to the way human intelligence operates, goes hand in hand with what some call the fourth industrial revolution: the coming together of AI, blockchain; internet of things and 5G. However, bringing these technologies together requires more advances in cloud storage, quantum computing and powerful computational algorithms.
There are some who argue that truly general AI will always remain a fiction. Yet AI innovation continues feverishly. Sub-disciplines of semantics, contextual programming and heuristics are developing, and human interaction is being enhanced through cyber psychology.
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning, and robotics are enabling new military capabilities that will have a disruptive impact on military strategies. The effects of these capabilities will be felt across the spectrum of military requirements — from intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance to offense/defense balances and even on to nuclear weapons systems themselves.
In this package, five top experts in AI and its potential uses in autonomous weapons and sensing systems weigh in on the moral and practical challenges of managing the explosion of military AI research and development around the world. The goal: to keep fast-paced advances in machine learning from sparking a worldwide AI arms race that poses a new existential risk to humanity.

Artificial intelligence (AI) might seem like realm of Science fiction, but you might be surprised to find out that you’re already using it. AI has a huge effect on your life, whether you’re aware of it or not, and its influence is likely to grow in the coming years. Some of the most used AI by users and MNCs are listed and described.
Virtual Personal Assistant
Siri, Google Now, and Cortana are all intelligent digital personal assistants on various platforms (iOS, Android, and Windows mobile). In short, they help find useful information when you ask for it using your voice command and the assistant will respond by finding information, relaying information from your phone, or sending commands to other apps. AI is important in these apps, as they collect information to better recognize your speech and serve you results that are tailored to your preferences.
Smart Cars
You probably haven’t seen someone reading the newspaper while driving to work yet, but self-driving cars are moving closer and closer to reality; Google’s self-driving car project and Tesla’s “autopilot” feature are two examples that have been in the news lately.
Purchase Prediction
Large retailers like Target and Amazon stand to make a lot of money if they can anticipate your needs. Amazon’s anticipatory shipping project hopes to send you items before you need them, completely obviating the need for a last-minute trip to the online store. While that technology isn’t yet in place, brick-and-mortar retailers are using the same ideas.
Online Customer Support
Many websites now offer customers the opportunity to chat with a customer support representative while they’re browsing — but not every site actually has a live person on the other end of the line. In many cases, you’re talking to a rudimentary AI. Many of these chat support bots amount to little more than automated responders, but some of them are actually able to extract knowledge from website and present it to customers when they ask for it.
Perhaps most interestingly, these chat bots need to be adept at understanding natural language, which is a rather different proposition; the way in which customers talk and the way in which computers talk is very different, and teaching a machine to translate between the two isn’t easy. But with rapid advances in natural language processing (NLP), these bots are getting better all the time.
There is a lot more to do AI.
Looking at the curve of advancement in current technologies, as it is exponential and not linear, it can be said that the time is not so far when AI will reach Super Intelligence surpassing the General Intelligence and getting better than human.
I would like to conclude by famous saying by Stephen Hawking-
“AI is likely to be either be the best or the worst thing to happen to humanity”
(This is the first time I am writing. All the critics are welcome. Kindly help me to get better.)