Artificial intelligence will likely shape your future in more ways than you’d expect.
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On display at the HG Contemporary gallery, in the heart of New York’s
contemporary-art world, is an exhibition of portraits that were “painted” not by a human artist, but by an artificially intelligent computer. Dr. Ahmed Elgammal, the creator of the art machine, believes that he can write a machine-learning algorithm capable of predicting the next trend in the art world and producing works in that style. As it is with all modern art, whether or not you think this artwork is any good is a matter of opinion. The point is that if artificially intelligent machines are capable of making art, an inherently human trait, then is there anything that we can do that a machine can’t?
From healthcare to warfare, software that can learn seems to be invading every aspect of our lives replacing humans with machines at every turn. The impact that artificial intelligence will have on our lives will undoubtedly grow in size and scope.
Whether, AI will ultimately result in a net benefit or loss to society, however, has yet to be determined.
