Technological progress is moving by quick steps, another record breakthrough has been made in the field of Artificial Intelligence, soon the computer will be 1000 times smarter than a person, etc. Such kind of headlines is often found in many media for several last years. But, unfortunately, or rather, fortunately, we have not seen terminators in real life yet. We decided to understand how things are going in fact in the field of AI and robotics in 2019. Content Is AI dangerous for humanity? What is artificial intelligence without embellishment? The development of robotics Conclusion 1. Is AI dangerous for humanity? There is a rather interesting psychological phenomenon: after multiple repetitions of something, the meaning of this phrase is completely lost. This happened with the phrase “Artificial Intelligence”. The fact is that in our time, the AI ​​is literally everywhere, from adaptive cruise control in the car to some clever spoon. Let’s see what lies under the phrase “Artificial Intelligence”. As you have probably guessed, this phrase is interpreted by the overwhelming majority of people absolutely wrong. Now Artificial Intelligence systems are used in almost all spheres of human activity. Accordingly, there is always a lot of noise and hype on the topic of AI. For example, one of the new invention in 2019, a toothbrush from the company Oral-B called Genius X, which was recently shown at CES-2019. The marketing materials for this product place great emphasis on the fact that this brush has Artificial Intelligence. It sounds beautiful and futuristic, but if you go a little deeper into the subject, it will immediately become clear that the whole genius of this brush is the ability to give feedback. Genius X (using a mobile application) simply informs its owner whether he has brushed his teeth well enough in certain places. The fact is that the brush is equipped with several sensors that help to track parts of the mouth where it is located. This is quite a useful invention, which is more applicable to children, but to say that this brush is equipped with artificial intelligence is not correct. Some representatives of the media, in pursuit of hype, can stick the image of the Terminator on any gadget with AI. Often this leads to misunderstandings and people (especially those who do not understand this topic) begin to interpret the real AI with the version that they know best – the science fiction one. Fortunately, cinema, literature, and numerous pseudo-scientific works add fuel to the fire and make people seriously afraid of the technological Doomsday. We hasten to calm you down, real experts in the field of artificial intelligence say that even if we manage to create an inorganic supermind, then this will not happen very soon. And all that pseudo-scientists use to frighten us is nothing more than products of their imagination. 2. What is Artificial Intelligence without embellishment? So, what does Artificial Intelligence means in 2019? Of course, this technology now plays a key role in the development of the technological progress of mankind. But when it comes to AI, it is meant deep machine learning. This phrase more accurately reveals the principle of operation of this technology. If to say simpler, with the help of machine learning, computers can be trained without human participation. Let’s see how this works in practice. Let`s suppose we need to write a program that will recognize dogs. You can go two ways: manually register all possible filters that relate to the appearance of our four-legged friends; run software training, where the computer will independently view thousands of dog images, find patterns and regularities. The first method is very laborious and less effective since in order to teach the program to recognize dogs, you must manually add millions of different small details. But anyway it’s impossible to take into account all the nuances, that is why the computer can confuse a dog with a wolf in the future. The second method is much more productive. For a certain amount of time, the program will view photos of dogs and find all the small patterns. First, the computer will get it very bad, but over time, it will explore all possible options for the dog’s appearance and learn to differentiate them from other animals with 100% probability. The main advantage of this principle is that the programmer does not need to program the computer manually. Of course, he will have to work a lot, improve the algorithm, but this is not mechanical monotonous work. This program may be the best on the planet to distinguish dogs from other animals, but on the basis of this, it cannot be said that it has a mind. For example, it will never understand why dogs cannot play chess, ride a motorcycle, or design spaceships. So at what stage of development is the technology of Artificial Intelligence now? Many experts say that at the moment we have reached a plateau, but it is worth noting that this does not mean that progress has stopped. On the contrary, deep machine learning is now used almost everywhere, and we, as consumers, see only the top of this technological iceberg. The technology itself is pretty boring and it has nothing to do with the cinematic image of artificial intelligence. At the moment, artificial intelligence – machine learning – is still something new that often remains unexplained or not well understood. But it will become so familiar and mundane in the future, that you will stop noticing it. 3. The development of robotics The vast majority of experts believe that in the matter of distribution, robotics 2019 will reach a fundamentally new level. Recently, we can observe how robots conquer new markets. Previously, robotics was common in the electronics and automotive industries. But literally in 2018, robots began to be actively used in the food, beverage, logistics industries, etc. This can be explained by the fact that robots price began to fall. In the next few years, we will see how Artificial Intelligence robot will become a much more popular worker than a human being, and unfortunately, this will happen in many areas of activity. We want to remind you: Stop & Shop Chain Store is Planning to Launch a Product Delivery by Robotic Stores Called Robomart It should be noted that consumer robots are still far from widespread distribution. Some companies manufacturers of home helpers robots left this market in 2018. Progress is still visible in this segment of the market, but to make the technology to become available to a wider range of people, another 3-5 years must pass. There is one very important problem in robotics in the field of automation of labor, it is connected with the rapid pace of its development. The fact is that many companies are trying to provide the market with very difficult equipment as soon as possible. Safety standards lag far behind the pace of industrial development, and this is alarming for many experts. The security in this area is very important, and the potential error of one manufacturer in the future may discard the development of this industry back for a few years. 4. Conclusion So, as of 2019, the technology of Artificial Intelligence is still very far from “SkyNet” from the Terminator film franchise. It will be more correct to call the AI technology a deep machine learning. A computer does not have its own needs and ambitions; it can study on its own, but only according to an algorithm, defined by a human. Robotics for industrial purposes is developing at a rapid pace, and in 2019, robots will appear in new markets. As for home robots, their large-scale implementation has not yet taken place, but this will become a reality in the next 5 years. Subscribe to The Coin Shark news in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coinshark/