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What is Artificial Intelligence and can it really take over the world? : An article by Sparsha Saha

  “AI is likely to be either the best or worst thing to happen to humanity.” - Stephen Hawking   Imagine this, one day you open up your mobile phone and features like “swipe to type” or “keyboard suggestions” suddenly stop working. Not a big deal eh? Alright, now imagine this, an in-use ventilator suddenly stops working normally and starts taking wrong decisions? Both of these scenarios are somewhat related yet very different.   The former shows the use of Artificial Intelligence to make life easier for us in small ways and the latter shows how machines are used in taking complex, potentially life changing decisions.   Since time immemorial, humans have been using small tools or machines to enable their lives in different ways. Take an example of a bullock cart or a steam engine. We have never been intimidated by machines before right? So what’s so different about the twenty-first century? Why do we see articles all around about AI taking over the w...