Thanks to artificial intelligence, cars are beginning to drive by themselves, machines can recognize people’s faces and people can ask for information and even talk to a smartphone system such as Apple’s Siri that uses a human voice.Just last week Siri tried to join into a conversation I was having about interest rates. Modern machines equipped with artificial intelligence or AI are no longer used only for automated tasks in manufacturing,but also for more complex activities such as playing chess, creating military simulations.And they understand human speech. They have been used to create advanced prosthetics for people who have lost their limbs. More sophisticated machines are in the making, said Arthur Lupia of the National Science Foundation.Today’s exoskeletons help human beings, transport very large objects and navigate impossible situations. But this project is about tomorrow’s exoskeletons.The device that you see here is not just an exoskeleton of the body, it’s an exoskeleton of the mind.Scientists say everyone can benefit from using AI. But the general public has questions, said congresswoman Hailey Stevens.
As AI powered robots become more common, the question we ask is how do we ensure worker safety alongside these robots.Well, artificial intelligence be routinely used to monitor workers as some companies do today.For most workers the crucial question is will the intelligent machines take away our jobs.Experts say very few jobs will be fully automated by the new wave of technologies. While machine learning is now superhuman in many tasks that involved mapping a particular set of inputs into outputs, humans outperform machines in most other cognitive tasks.But jobs will undergo major transformations, says science professor Erik Brynjolfsson. The challenge is to ensure that no worker is left behind in the process. Experts say well over a half of the children entering elementary school today we’ll end up working in the types of jobs that do not yet exist.They say it is important to reform education to focus on developing skills that machine’s cannot match, such as creativity and interpersonal skills.