Machines Like Us – Science News

AI has added a new dimension to enterprise applications, helping organisations quickly adapt to changing business requirements as well as direction of market movement and actions of competitors.

2006, marked 50 years since the term "Artificial Intelligence" was coined. Over this period of half a century, AI has captured our imagination of as we fantasised about the day when machines would routinely carry out normal conversations with humans and do all our work. However, it's no secret that on this count AI has so far only flattered to deceive.

Indeed, the AI story, in actuality, has turned out to be quite different from what was originally envisaged by the pioneers of the technology. While the quest to replicate general human intelligence continues, AI researchers have meanwhile concentrated on producing software with specific expertise that in many cases far outstrips human intelligence in the niche functionality it is designed for. As a result there are myriad AI applications all around us that we hardly even notice, and the technology has become rather pervasive in today's world.

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