AI: why it's too important a technology to ignore

What is artificial intelligence?

Artificial intelligence (AI) aims to develop systems that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. This includes tasks such as learning, reasoning, problem solving, perception, and language understanding.

AI, like physics, is a field of study. Important subfields of AI include:�

• Machine Learning (ML)
• Deep Learning (Neural Networks)
• Generative AI (ChatGPT)
• Computer Vision
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Why does it matter?

“I think AI is probably the most important thing humanity has ever worked on. I think of it as something more profound than electricity or fire.” – Sundar Pichai

ChatGPT reached 1 million users in 5 days (OpenAI)

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Facebook reached 1 million users in 10 months

Around 4 in 5 companies deem AI to be a top priority in their business strategy (Forbes)

19 in every 20 customer interactions will be AI-assisted by 2025 (AI Business)

More than half of Americans use voice assistants for information purposes (Edison Research)

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