Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is the ability of a machine to respond intelligently to its environment and involves the development of computer systems which model human behaviour. In saying this we are saying that the robot is going to be able to make reasoned choices in a similar way to humans.

The ability to reason The ability to show emotion The ability to empathise The ability to predict based on assumptions and previous experience The ability to make decisions The ability to be able to communicate in a human like way

 

If we remove one of this we do not immediately lose intelligence but it does affect our ability to understand and communicate with other people. Some points may at first glance seem strange. How does the ability to empathise, or in other words to understand how another person feels in a particular circumstance affect our intelligence. If a person cannot understand how a particlar action will make people feel and because of this lack the ability to predict how a person or a group of people will respond to a particular circumstance it becomes very difficult for that person to fully integrate into society.

 

If machines are going to help make decisions for us then they need to reason in some kind of empathetic way.

There are many things that make us intelligent beings. These are some points that are repeated among many different writers. Humour is one example that researchers find hard to program robots and AI to recognise. many researchers now see this as an important area to help robots fot into society and not just be a nuisance. Dr Lawrence Mazlack, director of the applied artificial intelligence laboratory at Cincinnati University, and colleagues have built a computer program - or 'bot' - that is able to get a specific "pun-style" joke..

 

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