3rd day of Knowledge Hunt conducted at H.C.A.S on AI
INN/Chennai, @infodeaofficial
HCAS conducted its 3rd day of Knowledge Hunt, Mr. Bravin of the Computer Science department spoke on Artificial Intelligence or AI. He said, unlike human intelligence, artificial intelligence is created to communicate with humans on discoveries and scientific breakthroughs.
Science benefits mankind in many ways, and one of its application is, “Artificial intelligence”. Scientific discoveries bring benefits in many forms and kinds to people, many consumer products are made and a medical cure is researched for various diseases.
The technology leader in the arena of AI, the US, has done well to people in many indirect ways in making scientific discoveries.
More than 200 students participated including 70 on Facebook as he explained the concept of Artificial intelligence.
He briefly explained, what AI, is all about, according to him, it is the intelligence demonstrated by machines. Bravin also outlined the history of artificial intelligence as in, how it evolved.
Artificial intelligence was founded as an academic discipline in 1955, and in the coming years, since then, it has experienced several waves of optimism, followed by disappointment and loss of funding (known as an “AI winter”), followed by new approaches, success, and renewed funding.
AI research has been divided into subfields that often fail to communicate with each other. The sub-fields are based on technical considerations, such as particular goals (e.g. “robotics” or “machine learning”), the use of particular tools (“logic” or artificial neural networks), or deep philosophical differences. Sub-fields have also been based on social factors (particular institutions or the work of particular researchers).
He spoke on John McCarthy who coined the term “AI” or “machine learning” and highlighted the significance of AI in Pubg, and its application, in stopping phishing attempts by hackers and also blocking them.
In the late 1990s and early 21st century, AI began to be used for logistics, data mining, medical diagnosis, and other fields. The success was due to increasing computational power (see Moore’s law and transistor count), greater emphasis on solving specific problems, new ties between AI and other fields (such as statistics, economics, and mathematics), and a commitment by researchers to mathematical methods and scientific standards.
Deep Blue became the first computerized chess-playing system to beat a reigning world chess champion, conceptualized by Garry Kasparov, on 11 May 1997.
He spent time on -Research areas, that included making dead people, alive, by gathering information from IOT devices around us.
The session further included discussions on, “Important Applications of AI”., “Strong AI and Weak AI”. He also helped students explore the Research field, for example, gathering information from dead cells and predicting victims, about where they come from. and he also spoke on strong or weak AI.
Mr. Bravin’s lecture evoked wide participation and enthusiasm as seen in questions and answers from students.
