I learned in class that Artificial Intelligence does not only mean artificially created machine that thinks like a human being. That is still science fiction. However AI can make machine programs become “smarter” by an automatic learning process.
I found an interesting article about Artificial Intelligence:
http://www.fuchsiashockz.co.uk/articles/artificial_intelligence/supercomputers_key_to_the_brain.php
The article is about a group of scientist trying to use the world’s most powerful supercomputer, Blue Gene, to simulate the human brain’s function. They hope they can find out more about the human brain. However, people are worried that this project will lead to a computer having conscious thought or have a mind of its own. The answer from one of the head of the project, Markus Baertschi, is no. He declares that the brain is still far more complicated than the computer. This supercomputer only has 8000 processors to simulate each individual virtual neuron in the brain, but the human brain has trillions and trillions of neurons. Beside the size difference, scientists still do not know how to make the processors work together like a brain.
I agree with the scientist in this article that it is too early to worry about an artificially created machine life. We should do more research and development on artificial intelligence because we can utilize this technology to help us on many areas, such as, medical, laboratory, industrial and entertaining purposes.
I found an interesting article about Artificial Intelligence:
http://www.fuchsiashockz.co.uk/articles/artificial_intelligence/supercomputers_key_to_the_brain.php
The article is about a group of scientist trying to use the world’s most powerful supercomputer, Blue Gene, to simulate the human brain’s function. They hope they can find out more about the human brain. However, people are worried that this project will lead to a computer having conscious thought or have a mind of its own. The answer from one of the head of the project, Markus Baertschi, is no. He declares that the brain is still far more complicated than the computer. This supercomputer only has 8000 processors to simulate each individual virtual neuron in the brain, but the human brain has trillions and trillions of neurons. Beside the size difference, scientists still do not know how to make the processors work together like a brain.
I agree with the scientist in this article that it is too early to worry about an artificially created machine life. We should do more research and development on artificial intelligence because we can utilize this technology to help us on many areas, such as, medical, laboratory, industrial and entertaining purposes.
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