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Hope of AI
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AI based systems will solve and augment majority of the
human activities. AI will prevent or minimize failures
in activities by self and autonomous corrections.
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AI based systems will perform 24x7x365 without fatigue
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AI can help in space exploration with and without
humans, at better speed
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AI can help in drug research and create new drugs
in record times.
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AI enabled robots can assist doctors in surgery or
even perform autonomous surgery. These robots
could be embedded with 3D-scanning and enhanced
image recognition to perform such activities at
ease.
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AI based robots could operate in pendamic and
hazardous situations and keep doctors/medical
staff at a safe distance.
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AI based robots could operate in military -
bomb disposal, dangerous terrains, hazardous
conditions and avoid or minimize human
casualities.
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AI based devices can be used in weather
prediction, and
can operate in all types of situations that
is considered dangerous for humans.
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AI based devices can be used in air traffic
control, and can operate without fatigue.
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AI and Role of Humans
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There are several reasons that humans will still have a
upperhand over robots and AI enabled machines. A simple
example would be, in systems where AI algorithms are
used to compute future values of
(n + 1) years. The
future values are computed using nth year
plus one year using a specific set of algorithms and
historic/training
data. If the computation process were converted to
(n + x) years, with x
being automatically generated,
creating - total automation (zero human
intervention), distortion or exponential decay
could easily occur. This becomes similar to autonomous
or runaway hallucination.
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| ERP Systems |
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ERP Systems are known for end-to-end automatation of
business processes. I was automating calendar
creation in an autonomous way - robotizing the
process. The calendar gets created year after year
using existing data and embedding date computation
based on host date. For weekly data analysis companies
use 364 day calendar (52 X 7 = 364), known as
Fiscal Calendar, with begining day of the
year being any fixed day (Sunday, Monday, etc.).
Using starting
date and adding 364 days results in a loss of a day
each year. The calendar drifts backward by one day
every year.
To correct the drift, an extra week is added once
in every 7 or 8 years. This also can be implemented
in the computation. The accounting/controllers of
the company said, they may manually correct the
extra week factor based on several factors and
market conditions. They said the additional week
can be any value between 5 to 8 years.
Thus the code had to be adjusted to create three
years of calendar data and make manual adjustments
per management recommendation, keeping humans in
control.
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| Industrial Robots |
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In the world of robotics, unmanaged or unmonitored robots
operating using complex AI algorithms can reach a
state of singularity - autonomously
computed values would mathematically reach infinity,
or result in infinite looped processes or memory overload.
Behind the scenes, high level math, vector arithmetic, AI
algorithms and other hardware/software systems operate the
robot. When any
one of the internal processes stop or gets hung, the
robot goes offline, which needs to be reset
or restarted by human intervention. The only autonomous
solution would be implemented is to exclude/skip that robot
in a manufacturing assembly line and shut if off. It is
brought back on-line by human intervention.
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| Auto Pilot - In Aeroplanes |
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Aeroplanes have had auto-pilot mode for many many years.
Even though they work almost perfectly, human intervention
is necessary when required. When certain situations
occur, in terms of improper gauge readings or loss of
control, immediately auto-pilot is disabled and manual
controls are taken over. In fact people would not like
to fly or have confidence in a pilotless plane.
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| Self Driving - Autonomous Vehicles |
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In automobiles some companies are trying total humanless
taxis (robotic taxis) etc. If a taxi were to fail due to
tire blow-out or other issue, the customer may have to call
the company to send a new taxi. If it gets involved in an
accident, it is another issue. Still some form of human
intervention is required.
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High speed trains although are autonomous, do have an
operator who monitors the various systems time to
time. This is mandatory in countries where
temperature can drop significantly in winter, tracks
succeptible to lanslides, avalanche, getting frozen,
loss of power in automated signals etc. Humans and
machines work together in these situations.
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The use of AI in the future is endless. There can
be many more areas where human kind can benefit
from AI and co-exist with systems with AI.
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