Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity

One of the most controversial and widely discussed topics of all time… Artificial Intelligence. From film to books to blogs, the benefits and dangers of AI is debated amongst academics and common people alike. When we think of AI, we think of a robot with the ability to think, talk, and interact like a human, resulting in robots cognizant enough to take over earth and destroy the human race. Fictional AI systems like JARVIS from the Iron Man and Avengers movies and Agent Smith in the Matrix movies are what most think of when they are trying to narrow down an image of Artificial Intelligence, but AI does not always have to become human-like. In fact, current AI programs are not even developed enough to parallel the fictional JARVIS. Much of the development of AI systems are for cybersecurity purposes, detection of cyber threats and split second responses are the ultimate goal for cybersecurity AI but this amount of efficiency is quite distant.