How artificial intelligence is changing lives, from your health to your movie choices
But tech industry journalist insists there are still limits to how far AI can go in replacing humans
By Trent Gillies
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is a real and growing part of our lives.
From voice-controlled assistants to online ordering to self driving cars in development, AI is the brains behind computer software. As it improves computers, making them faster and smarter, is this technology a threat?
“I wouldn’t see it as a threat, necessarily,” Recode reporter April Glaser told CNBC’s “On the Money” in an interview. Glaser covers robots, drones and other smart machines for the technology news website.
“But artificial intelligence programmes do know more than you or I do, particularly when it comes to specific areas.”
One example is in medicine, where AI technology is helping doctors recognise cancerous tumours.
“If something has artificial intelligence in it that means it has software in it that allows the computer programme to do something on its own without a human pressing a button the entire time.”