March 17 2021
Artificial Intelligence today, is probably the most amazing and detailed creations of humanity to date, disregarding the fact that the area is still largely unexplored. The astounding AI creations that we get to see today are merely a small part of AI.
AI’s powerful capabilities and fast growth have made humans paranoid regarding the proximity and certainty of an AI’s acceptance. The changeover brought by AI in various industries has turned business people and the normal public to think that we humans are very close to achieving the pinnacle of AI. There are several AI Application Development Services that are focusing on and will make these transformations possible gradually.
However, getting to know the types of AI that already exist and are possible to exist will create a clearer picture of AI potentials.
Since AI research aims in making machines imitating human-like respondings, the extent to which an AI system can clone human capabilities is used as a standard for determining the various types of AI.
Types of AI can be labeled under one, among the multiple types of AI, depending on how a machine compares to humans in terms of flexibility and execution.
1. Reactive Machines
These are the oldest forms of Artificial Intelligence systems that have very limited capability. Reactive machines do not have any memory-based functionality.
Features of Reactive Machines :
An example of such machines would be IBM’ Deep Blue, i.e. a machine designed to play chess against humans, that beat Garry Kasparov(Grandmaster) in 1997.
2. Limited Memory
Limited Memory machines are those machines that have some additional capabilities than Reactive Machines.
Features of Limited Memory Machines :
Self-driving cars by Tesla, for example, store pre-programmed data.
Features of Theory of Mind AI :
A very primitive example of the theory of mind technology would be Sophia, the world-famous humanoid by Hanson Robotics. Whilst Sophia is unable to go through human emotions, she is capable of holding a basic conversation, recognizing images, and also can respond with appropriate facial expressions while having interactions with humans.
4. Self Awareness
These are the most complex AI machines that humans might be able to imagine or visualize ever. This is the final level of AI development and currently exists hypothetically.
Features of Self-Awareness AI :
Developing such AI can boost up our civilization potentially by advancements but, can also be disastrous because Self-aware AI machines having the idea of self-preservation may directly or indirectly bewitch the end of humanity.
At this point, it is difficult to visualize the state of this world when more advanced types of AI come into existence. However, this is quite clear that there is a long journey ahead to get there as the present condition of AI compared to where it is planned to reach is still in its fundamental stage.