Bringing It Down To Earth: Four Ways Pragmatic AI Is Being Used Today

From neural networks and machine learning automation to virtual assistants and human-like robots, artificial intelligence (AI) encompasses many different things. But when AI is envisioned, many people automatically think of pure AI -- software that has equal or superior cognitive capabilities to the humans who created it. This can conjure images of an android butler announcing "dinner is served" or a robot-like Rosie from the Jetsons cleaning the house or helping Junior with his homework. For other people, pure AI can conjure frightening images of a future society controlled by Terminator-like robots that have too much knowledge and power. As with all unknowns, the future vision of an AI-driven world can be both exciting and scary, yet it is a world that we're heading toward nevertheless.