AI is essentially intelligence demonstrated by machines. It acts as a computer which is able to imitate intelligent human behaviours. We learnt in this lecture about the history of AI and how the technology has developed until today. We covered how Alan Turing (one of the fathers of AI) questioned whether computers could think, which then let him onto creating the ‘Turing Test’ where a human would talk with a computer and a human and would have to distinguish them from each other.
We learnt how AI is made up of machine learning and deep learning – which as subfields of AI and deep learning is in machine learning. We watched a video example of machine learning in the link below.
The most shocking part of this session was learning about digital humans and how Deepfakes are created and often look as realistic as the actual person. Learning about Face Detection and Recognition Technology inspired me to conduct further research on the topic. Discovering more about AI and its capabilities showed me the positive side to the technology, which I wasn’t aware of before. Prior to this module I had negative views towards this complex discussion but now that I am more aware of how it works, I know that AI can simplify and correct bad algorithms in the internet. In my project ‘Build Your own Brief’ I explored the negative sides to AI and explored what’s being done about it.
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