What is intelligence?
What is AI?
What are Machine Learning Algorithms?
How to Use AI
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Let’s start with: What is Intelligence?
Intelligence can include these skills: learning, planning, thinking, problem-solving, and the ability to perceive information and take action upon that information.
There are tools available for humans to use which, when used correctly, will allow us to perform tasks faster, more efficiently, with less errors, etc. This is typically regarded as intelligent behavior.
Computers are among the most versatile of tools available to the thinking mind; the code that runs through a computer’s hardware can vary so much that the number of potential applications for computers are nearly endless.
What is AI?
The term “AI” or “A.I.” could imply many different meanings, dependent on the context in which you encounter the technology. The “I” is almost always going to stand for “Intelligence,” while the “A” might mean “Artificial, Augmented, Assisted, Autonomous, Applied,” etc. AI is simply a computer system that performs tasks usually done by humans.
This allows humans to do more in less time; the goal of good technology.
Augmented / Assisted Intelligence: the most common type of AI, or Artificial Intelligence. Uses human skills to support machine-based tasks that solve complex problems. In this scenario, the machine is useless without a human, and the human can do everything the AI can, just not as fast or as accurately.
Autonomous Intelligence: the most advanced, and mostly unrealized form of AI; these machines work independently without much input from humans, and are ideally self-correcting. Think of Siri on your iPhone or Tesla Cars’ Self Driving system.
AI = INPUT→(HIDDEN)→OUTPUT:
Most AI Systems are made of three basic parts:
First a human gives the machine/system an INPUT, and then the machine/computer gives the human a desired OUTPUT; in between these two steps is the HIDDEN layer where all of the “magic” happens (algorithmic computing).
The HIDDEN layer of algorithms is good at using Prediction and Statistics in order to provide an OUTPUT that the end-user is expecting. Typically these machines are able to be trained to “learn” when they have done a good or bad job, and this helps them improve their future OUTPUTS.
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What are Machine Learning Algorithms?
AI systems are powered by what is known as Machine Learning. ML is what allows a computer system to use input data to make ever-more-accurate predictions, bringing the system closer and closer to full autonomy.
Machine Learning is powered by Algorithms. An algorithm is simply a mathematical set of instructions in a specific sequence used to solve a problem or make a specific calculation.
When you start to chain algorithms together, you start to form what is known as a Neural Network; each computer with its algorithm acts as a “neuron” in the larger “brain” that consists of multiple computers and algorithms working together to form an AI system.
Forming a Neural Network can allow for Deep Learning, a direct attempt to mimic the way a human brain operates by cutting through noise and clutter to focus on the most important identifiers for any set of data.
AI systems can be supervised (operated with human assistance and input/correction), unsupervised (operating independently receiving inputs and producing outputs), or mixed (mostly unsupervised with some human supervision/intervention in the production of outputs or generation of inputs).
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How To Use AI:
AI technology is useful across a wide variety of industries. Putting AI to work can be as simple as downloading the right app or visiting a website. The most common uses of AI includes pattern recognition in data and making predictions / recommendations based on perceived patterns.
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Here are some tools you can actually get your hands on, and a few more that aren’t available everywhere yet, but are meant to inspire you with possibilities:
Photography: Image Tools like GFPGAN(photo restoration/retouch), photo filters in smartphone apps, and AI Photo Editors in general are massively reducing the time and energy necessary to make nearly any image amazing.
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Healthcare: From simple smartphone/smartwatch health monitoring to advanced diagnostics, the range of potential applications for AI in Healthcare is overwhelming. Viz.Ai is only one example of AI examining medical scans to alert medical professionals to the risk of strokes, aneurysms, kidney disease, and more in patients without having to wait for a human specialist to first review the scan data.
In some cases, scientists aren’t even sure HOW the AI is working; in one instance x-rays were used to identify race when no human could determine how or even do the same task by looking at the same x-rays. AI has also been used to develop new medicines, to identify the 3d structure of proteins(Alphafold), and you can even get yourself a digital nurse.
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Art & Design: Perhaps one of the most popular uses of AI is TEXT2IMAGE; there are a variety of tools designed to receive a text-prompt input and create an image for the user. Dalle-2, Dalle-Mini/Craiyon, StableDiffusion, & Midjourney are among the most popular options available. There are also IMG2IMG Neural Transfers available, including the original DeepDream.
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Film & Video: AI can be used to edit and manipulate video/film in many ways; most of us are familiar with CGI graphics in big-budget movies, but now there are low-cost AI tools available that allow users to swap faces in video (the infamous DeepFake AI), upscale video quality, recognize objects, and even generate videos of people that don’t exist at all from text. There are even AI movie script writers.
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Audio: - The AI tech available for audio has grown from simple dictation(talk to text) to tone detection and even voice cloning; you can have an AI help you to make music and lyrics too.
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Gaming: It might be argued that AI was born from gaming; some of the biggest milestones for the technology have been when AI machines first beat human experts in games like Chess(DeepBlue), Go(AlphaGo), & Jeopardy(Watson). There are AI systems capable of generating game assets(3D Models, character scripts, etc), there’s even a game where the levels are generated as-you-play (Procedural Content Generation), and you can even have an AI test your game levels for you if you’re a developer. And of course, there’s the classic PaperclipAI game available for free to show you what an out-of-control optimization algorithm might look/act like.
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Coding & Web Design: It seems obvious enough that something made of code, could make code, and now with AI, computers can indeed generate functional code for websites to reduce development time. You can also get AI assistance with web-design asset creation, and even have a computer translate your hand-drawn sketch into an actual website. There are many tools available to help ANYONE create code for websites/apps, even if you’ve never written a line of code in your life.
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Security & Biometrics: From CyberSecurity online, to everyday Facial Recognition on your phone, AI is playing a big role as a verifying agent for countless industries. AI makes it easier to detect patterns used to find the features most useful for identifying people and keeping systems secure. You can also use AI to track your posture, sleep, and so much more.
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3D Modeling & Photogrammetry: 3D Modeling software & web-apps are more accessible than ever, and creating 3D assets is easier than you might think; with nothing more than a couple hundred photos, you can use a variety of apps to transform pictures of a subject into a usable 3D model. AI makes existing Photogrammetry techniques happen nearly instantaneously so you can capture 3D models simply and quickly.
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Chat Bots: Customer service will never be the same, and getting ahold a live agent was never easy; now it may be near-impossible to get anything other than an AI Chat Bot or automated answering system, for better or for worse. On the bright side, AI chat bots are easily integrated into most e-commerce websites so you can answer customer questions without being ever-present! There are even chat-bots made only to entertain you.
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