Will AI Be as Smart as Humans? Here's What Experts Say

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Will AI Be as Smart as Humans? Here's What Experts Say

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been used in countless applications, and it is quite efficient, prompting some to wonder if AI will ever be as smart as humans who program them. Five experts speak up, and here's what they say.

AI Will Be Smarter Than Humans

AI systems are smart, but some wonder if they will reach a point when it's as intelligent as humans. At this point, AI lacks certain human traits and has no consciousness.

According to Noor Gillani, in an article published in Science Alert, artificial general intelligence (AGI) is when AI becomes human-like. While it isn't here yet, five experts weighed in on the current AI and if it will reach AGI.

Paul Formosa, Head of the Department of Philosophy Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics (CAVE), said AI had surpassed human intelligence. He noted that it could beat humans in playing strategy games like Go, chess, StarCraft, and Diplomacy to clarify his point.

He is also positive that AI will eventually achieve AGI, or what's referred to as human-level intelligence.

Marcel Scharth is also positive that AI will reach AGI, but he still can't tell when. However, he believes that when the time comes, they will be better than humans because they have better speed, memory capacity, and lesser physical constraints.

Additionally, they have more rationality and recursive self-improvement. Thus, AI systems will eventually surpass the human brain's computational capability.

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AI Still Needs Time To Be AGI

Christina Maher of Computational Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering is also convinced that AI will be as intelligent as humans, but it will still take time. Her concern is that AI still lacks inherent human traits.

She mentions humans experiencing happiness and developing a sense of emotions. She believes that sAI can probably do the same since humans can learn these traits,

Seyedali Mirjalili, the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Optimization, a founding director t Torrens University Australia, agreed with the others. He noticed the speedy adoption of AI algorithms with abundant data and computational resources, but just like Maher, he believes it will still take time.

The computer scientist noted that AI is still not good at tasks requiring empathy, intuition, and creativity. Additionally, in the future, he believes that AI will be able to improve itself with minimal to zero human involvement.

Dana Rezazadegan, who works in AI and Data Science, also agreed with the rest of her colleagues. Just like Mahir and Mirjalili, she believes it will still take time because current models are limited to relatively small and biased training datasets and have limited computational power.

Just like Mirjalili, Rezazadegan believed there would come a time when AI would not need any human input due to an improved version of continuous learning.

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What Is AGI?

According to TechTarget, Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is the software representation of generalized human cognitive abilities that would enable an AGI system to solve a problem when presented with a challenging task. An AGI system's goal is to carry out tasks that a human can perform.

Because specialists in various domains interpret human intelligence differently, many possible definitions of AGI exist. Computer scientists frequently describe human intelligence as the capacity to do tasks. On the other hand, psychologists frequently describe general intelligence in terms of survival or adaptability.

AGI is regarded as a powerful form of artificial intelligence (AI). When artificial intelligence is applied to specific tasks or issues, it is referred to as weak or narrow AI, such as those used in self-driving cars, IBM's Watson supercomputer, and expert systems.