Yazan Kioumgi
Informatics Engineering
Fall 2009
Abstract
Artificial intelligence is the science of making the machine act intelligently. AI has been developed gradually until it became a part of our daily lives. There are increasable numbers of AI applications like games, identification, and GPS…etc. However, the top of AI does not become applicable yet. There are positive and negative impacts of AI on humanity. The paper discusses each of these impacts. After that, the paper argues that the future of AI is still ambiguous. And the probable future effects of AI on humanity would be negative, especially on the psychological aspect of the human. The paper concludes with the importance of intelligence in affecting the humanity.
Contents: 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………….….. 4 2. Historical Background……………………………………………………………….…... 4 3. Developments……………………………………………………………………….…... 4 4. AI Applications…………………………………………………………………….……. 5 5. The effects of AI………………………………………………………………….……... 5 6.1. Advantages……………………………………………………………….…….... 6 6.2. The role of AI in human’s life…………………………………………….…… 6 6.3. The psychological effects of AI………………………………………………….. 7 6.4. The effects of AI on the world…………………………………………………... 7 6.5. The future of AI and its effects on humanity………………………………….…..8 6. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………….....................8
References………………………………………………..........................................................9
1. Introduction
Artificial intelligence is a very wide part of computer science. Many scientists tried to define artificial intelligence. According to Nilsson (1998), “AI is concerned with intelligent behavior in artifacts” (p. 6). This definition is still ambiguous, because artifacts themselves are not able to be intelligent. Kurzweil (1990) has argued the concept of artificial intelligence.
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