The way ahead: Non-intrusive big data Forbes India

The coming years will see an increased debate on data privacy and secrecy, regulations that are structural as well as knee jerk reactions and most importantly, approaches that are'non-intrusive' Image: Shutterstock The three buzz words - big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning are getting even more prominent and at the cost of getting most of us jittery. If there was any unfound fear about AI replacing human intelligence initially and then dominating it, the recent annihilation of the chess engine, Stockfish, by Google's AI-based Alpha Zero only adds credence to it. Stockfish, a chess engine that Grand Masters hone their skill against, is programmed with a collection of all the games played by the very best over centuries, was handed out a drubbing by an AI-based engine that only practised with itself for 4 hours an just knew the rules of chess! The implications are tremendous, the best of collective human intelligence stands little chance against the machine! AI would slice, analyse and process data which human beings cannot fathom!