Artificial intelligence has come a long way. This year, A.I. has written a pop song – and it’s not half bad either. This is, however, not the first time A.I. has demonstrated artificial creativity. In the past
Artificial intelligence has come a long way. This year, A.I. has written a pop song – and it’s not half bad either. This is, however, not the first time A.I. has demonstrated artificial creativity. In the past, both poetry and artwork has been produced by a machine. The ability to express creativity carries significant implications for artificial intelligence, as it goes hand in hand with the ability for A.I. to have independent thought – the ultimate, and most dangerous, advancement that can be made within artificial intelligence.
We’ve already got Google answering our voice command queries based on a set of complex algorithms. The search engine is continuously improving upon its ability to understand our queries and deliver the most relevant results. Apple’s Siri, meanwhile, is seen as the predecessor to a full-blown personal assistant. It feels like we’re just a few steps away from having our calls to customer service answered not by automated answering machines but by an interactive artificial intelligence which can help solve our problems and forward complaints. With recent advancements in the reading of facial expressions by A.I., it’s not such a stretch to imagine that robots working in customer support roles will one day be able to appear sympathetic in response to customers who are angry or upset.
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Playing chess or online poker against a computer just isn’t the same thing as playing with a person. Whilst being able to play a computer opponent has certainly helped cure boredom of solo commuters or office workers, the experience is less satisfying without the level of psychology which is present in a human game. A.I could potentially offer a solution to that impediment, by learning to observe its human opponent and strategize more in line with how a human, not a machine, would strategize. If this were possible, chess champions could even use A.I. when practising their techniques and A.I robots could theoretically enter a poker tournament one day. What’s more, A.I. could play a big role in the oncoming virtual reality gaming phenomena. For a uniqu