Friday, July 20, 2018

INTELLIGENCE - NATURAL VS. ARTIFICIAL


The buzz word today in the whole world is Artificial Intelligence.  Artificial Intelligence is nothing but the intelligence that is induced into machines.  The capability that is infused into a machine to think and act rather than only follow given instructions.  If the machine is programmed and instructed to do exactly what is being told then it is Robotic.  However, if the machine is able to think on its own and do things beyond what has been told then it is Artificial Intelligence.


Our evolutionary path has been very interesting and the recent experiences of rapid growth in technology is quite amazing and at times a bit scary.  The early human beings were born with emotions and Zero Intelligence.  We had to struggle hard to get the intelligence.  The process of acquiring intelligence was long, strenuous and tedious.  It has taken several years and several decades for the human race to gather the intelligence.


When the human race developed the intelligence we started thinking that the intelligence should be used smartly so that we do less work and get the machines to do most of our work.  Instead of all work being done by human beings we felt the need for many of the efforts being transferred to machines.  The evolution of machines for every day life has been quite astounding over the last few decades.  Whether it is transportation or consumer goods or industrial applications, our ability to engineer and build capacity through machines has been incredible.


The machines and equipments have gone through a huge evolutionary process and with the advent of higher technology the machines, equipments and gadgets are becoming more and more capable.  With the increased capability and wide applications into which machinery has grown we started enabling them with little bit of intelligence.  The intelligence that is being infused into the machines have now reached a stage where the machines are capable of thinking on their own.


We have reached a stage where we are able to communicate with machines and the machines are using their own intelligence to respond to us and are communicating back to us.  We are going to see Customer Service Assistants; Self Driven Cars; Automated Delivery Drones; wearable gadgets; watches which can pre-warn about our medical condition and so on and so forth.

The integration of technology in the manufacturing process has been remarkable and it is now continuing its journey every where including medical field, hospitality and others.  See the remarkable changes that can be brought in a hotel room:


We are heading towards a very exciting and interesting phase of human life where the natural intelligence and talents gained by Human Beings are being transferred to machines and gadgets as they are acquiring the Artificial Intelligence. 


When the Artificial Intelligence spreads into different walks of life the Human Race will depend entirely on these gadgets and there will be a huge population of Human Race who would prefer to remain stupid and get the machines use its intelligence.

Step 1: Nature has always been beautiful and extremely intelligent
Step 2: Nature created Humans and Animals
Step 3: Humans evolved and gained sixth sense
Step 4: Human beings worked hard to gain intelligence - Natural Intelligence
Step 5: Intelligent Humans created Machines.
Step 6: Machines became part and parcel of Human Life
Step 7: Human beings transferred the intelligence to Machines
Step 8: Machines have become intelligent - Artificial Intelligence
Step 9: Human beings are placing more and more reliance on machines and its Artificial Intelligence
Step 10: We are in the process of creating a huge population of stupid humans who will entirely depend on Artificial Intelligence.

Nature is divine and has always been kind to the Human Race and let us hope that we will preserve Nature and Nature will protect us for a long time to come.  My personal formula is going to be "Use Artificial Intelligence combined with Natural Intelligence and stay healthy and happy by being always connected with Nature".

T.P.Anand
Dubai, U.A.E.
20th July 2018