1.The Existence Of AI Pets
Everyone knows that real pets are cuddly and lovable, but they don’t come without their setbacks. As we all know, pets need to be well taken care of, feeding them and cleaning them when needed.
Pet-bot developers, however, are confident that they can deliver AI-driven pets to the market by 2025. These “pets” will feel, look, and act just like their real counterparts, but won’t be as challenging to manage.
2. Female Bots Rule
Research shows that most people prefer to hear a female voice compared to a male voice. Because of this, many companies opt to use a woman’s voice in their products, with Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, and Microsoft’s Cortana as prime examples.
Whenever you ask them a question, you’re greeted politely and pleasantly.
3. AI Can Recognize Emotions
In the late 1990s, Dr. Cynthia Breazeal built a robot head to recognize emotions by analyzing humans’ voice tone and body language.
Created at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the robot was named “Kismet,” which comes from a Turkish word that translates to “fate” or, in other times, “luck.” It was designed to be an experiment in affective computing and was able to recognize and stimulate emotions.
5. AI To Permanently Replace Humans In The Workforce?
In Canada alone, around 1,160,000 are out of a job as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. And while AI can help reduce the costs in a business, it’s also forecasted to create many significant problems.
According to The Guardian, 85% of customer service jobs may be taken over by AI this year.
8. AI Are Given A Nationality And Passport
Sophia is a life-like artificial intelligence developed by Hanson Robotics, a Hong-Kong based company. She was first turned on and revealed on February 14, 2016, and made her first appearance to the public the following month at SXSW (South by Southwest Festival) in Austin, Texas.
The AI “became” a Saudi Arabian citizen in October 2017 and is the first robot to get citizenship to any country. However, this sparked controversy as people question whether a robot should be given such rights.
10. AI In Our Homes
While you are already familiar with the voice recognition apps on your phone, you might not be aware that artificial intelligence also exists in your home. Usually taking the form of Amazon Alexa, pairing our phones with smart home systems accelerates the integration of AI systems in our rooms. The living room is the primary location for smart speakers and is followed by the kitchen, bedroom, and home office. Other rooms don’t usually need to call on Alexa as much.
12. AI For Driving
Everyone is already aware of autopilots for aircraft, but AI systems for cars are now being developed further to keep vehicles in a dedicated lane. These efforts are being studied so that robots can learn to assess and monitor roadside situations.
When an accident takes place, a person only has seconds to evaluate the situation and provide a response to get to safety. Robots, however, only need fractions of that time to avoid rear-end collisions and other road accidents.
13. AI For Painting And Design
Humans can create a work of art using their passion, love, taste, moods, and experiences, which should be things that a robot lacks.
However, a painting called “Portrait of Edmond Belamy” was recently auctioned for $432,500—and the artist responsible was an AI. Machine learning was applied, where the AI processed images that were already in existence and created its design based on them.
The primary intention behind creating artificial intelligence is to help people manage their businesses to get work done quicker and more efficiently.
However, with so many advances in the field so quickly, will AI end up doing more than just help you? Will they eventually take over the jobs and companies you’ve worked so hard to begin and maintain? Only the future will tell.
