The result is a supercomputer in our pockets that sometimes acts as a phone, but can also recognise speech, faces, and patterns of all kinds. And, of course, they can draw on even more power and data from the Cloud. These more powerful machines have more data to access using more sophisticated algorithms they contain more sensors that deliver more functionality. The machines my students use are now one million times more powerful than those I used when I began my studies in AI. Propelled by the exponents that drive the science and engineering of hardware and software, our devices become twice as powerful every eighteen months or so. The fact is that our computers just get better and better. This set him thinking about just how intelligent computers were becoming and how quickly that was happening. What the computer could do surprised him – just how smart it was – seeming to anticipate what he wanted to write next. This is what struck Stephen Hawking when he upgraded the system that enables him to write and communicate despite his motor neuron disease. And a year ago we saw the publication of an open letter from leading Artificial Intelligence experts, arguing for vigilance so as to ensure that this fast developing field benefits humanity.Ī third reason that AI is much talked about is because our machines seem to be getting ever more prescient, even anticipating our needs. Elon Musk donated $10million to keep AI beneficial. Stephen Hawking is worried that super smart computers could spell the end of the human race. Yet this doesn’t seem to hinder AI’s popularity.Ī second reason that AI is in vogue, is that some of the planet’s greatest scientists and innovators have been telling us to take care. The computers and robots are usually mad, bad and dangerous to know. Indeed AI was once described as making computers that behave like the ones in the movies! However, Hollywood invariably takes a dystopian view of the subject.
These films have inspired generations of AI students.
From Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 to Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, Stephen Spielberg’s Artificial Intelligence to Alex Garland’s Ex Machina Hollywood has made enjoyable films and good money out of AI. Why this interest now? Some of this we can put down to the ongoing fascination Hollywood seems to have with AI. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is enjoying one of its periodic moments in the limelight.
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