Robotics & AI Research

1. How would you define Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

Machines that could act in a way that a human does. Whether its thinking, reasoning, or performing tasks. These computer systems can perform the same way a human can.

2. AI has existed for nearly 70 years. Why is it experiencing an impressive growth right now?

There are a multitude of reasons: 1. Computing power has grown significantly since the past 70 years. there have been great advancements in Natural Language Processing. 2. We’ve progressed to a point where data collection is very easy. Thus, causing a large abundance of data to train AI. Furthermore, Cloud Computing has provided scalable storage for these data.

3. Can you identify three domains or classes of problems where current AI models still face significant challenges?

AI has these 3 significant challenges: 1. Ethics, implementation of AI in areas such as health and criminal justice are still unaddressed. 2. Bias, AI depends on data and if that data is biased it could lead to discrimination. 3. Energy consumption, as AI algorithms become more sophisticated and complex a greater amount of energy is consumed

4. Can you name at least three application sectors where robots are widely used, and explain why they are employed in those sectors?

Agriculture, robots are faster at picking fruits and vegetables than humans. Warfare, robots are used for surveillance, spying, disarming bombs, rescuing wounded personal, and more. Medicine, robots are more precise than humans in surgeries. They are used to minimize damage during invasive surgeries.

5. Do you believe that the convergence of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and fully autonomous robotics is imminent and could potentially have a major impact on the world?

Yes, AI is essential for self-thinking robots. At some point, someone or an institution will attempt to perfectly replicate humans. They’ll get very close, close enough to make humans undistinguishable from artificial humans. Which will obviously have a major impact on the world. The impact itself however, we couldn’t be certain. Either we’ll live in a near-perfect utopia, or we’ll reach the Detroit: Become Human timeline. Nevertheless, I believe we will find out soon enough.

Sources:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-ai-growing-so-fast-now-thomas-lee-w2qfc/
https://www.simplilearn.com/challenges-of-artificial-intelligence-article
https://www.probotcorp.com/post/top-10-industries-utilizing-robots-and-robotics#:~:text=Industrial%20robots%20in%20manufacturing,accurately%20and%20consistently%20than%20humans.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/artificial-general-intelligence-agi-data-robotics-fukuda-mba/