Artificial Intelligence Goes Mobile

Technology is becoming embedded in everything we do. As a society we are relying more and more on technology in our everyday lives. Recently companies such as IBM, Apple, Google, AT&T Intel, and HP are looking into the artificial intelligence spectrum of technology. The companies are looking to take this concept of AI and making it mobile. According to Olga Kharif companies are looking to make AI more accessible to people by making AI mobile. In her article, “Artificial Intelligence Goes Mobile,” she presents different areas in which technological companies are finding ways to make AI mobile.

Kharif states in the article, “Researchers at International Business Machines (IBM) have created a machine called Watson that can sift through a terabyte of data and crank out answers to complicated questions in three to five seconds.” In my opinion this can help society in multiple ways. With the power to sift through all that information that quickly can allow companies, search engines, etc. store all their data at once and retrieve it in a matter of seconds. This can help companies make split second decisions that can have a major effect on how well the company does. Doctors can store every patient’s records, x-rays, MRI’s in a simple database and come out with an analysis within minutes. The AI can make everything faster and more efficient for everyone and it will be mobile.

This AI can allow search engines expand what can be searched. Google will be able to look up searches that are much more precise. People will not have to go through pages of searches to find what they want.

Another area in which mobile AI can advance our lives is with smartphones. Mazin Gilbert of AT&T states, “If you can put AI with mobility, it really—significantly—expands the number of applications and services." With the broadening of apps and services the abilities of a smartphone are endless. People won’t have to rely on different technologic tools to do things. It can all be handled by a single smartphone.

My only problem with the mobile AI is we may become too reliant on AI to make everyday decisions. If AI is making all the decisions for us then what is the point of making decisions. People will begin to use their smartphones to decide what to buy, or what to buy, or who to talk to. Too much AI intelligence could potentially take over and people will do everything the computer tells them to do.

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