5 Myths of AI -- THE Journal

No, artificial intelligence can't replace the human brain, and no, we'll never really be able to make AI bias-free. Those are two of the 10 myths IT analyst and consulting firm Gartner tackled in its recent report, "Debunking Myths and Misconceptions About Artificial Intelligence." According to the report, while AI may seem "clever," it's really just a set of software tools and math and logic techniques that can solve specific problems. As an example, image recognition technology "is more accurate than most humans," but the same coding can't also address a math problem. As Research Vice President Alexander Linden, one of the authors, explained, "The rule with AI today is that it solves one task exceedingly well, but if the conditions of the task change only a bit, it fails."