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Artificial Intelligence: The Need of the Hour

Artificial Intelligence: The Need of the Hour

Ramit Rana (Step Next Legal, Advocates and Legal Consultants, India) and Apurva Bhutani (Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies, Department of Law, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8641-9.ch020
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Abstract

We currently live in the “big data” era in which we have the ability to collect massive amounts of data that are too onerous for a single individual to process. Artificial intelligence has already proven to be beneficial in a variety of industries, including technology, banking, marketing, and entertainment. For example, transportation, including the transition to self-driving, or autonomous cars, has been one of the most transformative transformations. Another example is that of Amazon. It suggests other clothes or products you might like based on some of your searches. Even Netflix predicts which movies you may like to watch next. AI is also being used in a variety of sectors that we aren't aware of, such as credit card fraud detection and mortgage loan approval, with more uses on the way. Artificial intelligence is beginning to have an impact on our lives in a variety of ways. Thus, this chapter will analyse the important issues and challenges in the area of AI.
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Introduction

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an area of technological science that focuses on assisting machines in finding solutions to complicated problems in a more human-like way. This generally includes borrowing traits from human intelligence and making use of them as algorithms in a computer friendly manner (Kumar, 2021). As the term implies, artificial intelligence basically refers to the intelligence that is transferred through humans to machines using technology and innovation. It refers to computational technologies that can replace human intelligence in the execution of certain tasks. The first use of the term “artificial intelligence” came in the year 1956 by an American scientist, John McCarthy who is also referred to as the “Father of AI” (Kumar, 2019). John McCarthy also came up with a programming language called LISP which is still used to program computers in AI. LISP allows the computer to learn (Musil, 2011). Induction of robot Kerala Police for police work (Unnithan, 2019), existence of a robot-themed restaurant in Chennai (Porur, 2019) and autonomous prediction by the famous E-commerce company, Amazon.com based on your past preferences explored on the platform evinces that we have advanced into the age of AI. In fact, Siri and Alexa, which are more advanced forms of AI, have become our personal assistants that we use in our everyday lives to feel comfortable.

Artificial intelligence and technology are interwoven and complement each other wholly. It is pertinent to note that technology has not only aided artificial intelligence but has also made it more efficient. Therefore, artificial intelligence is a truly transformative computer science achievement that has already become a core component of all current as well as modern applications and will undoubtedly make its way into practically every industry in the coming years. (Anyoha, 2017). This is both a danger and an opportunity. Researchers, for example, have trained computer models to better recognise a person's personality characteristics than their peers based solely on what Facebook posts they liked and the websites they visited (Morin, 2014). Undoubtedly, digital footprints have enabled us to track one’s behaviour, likes, preferences, and even movement (P Kosinski et al., 2013).

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