What is Artificial Intelligence? Sam DeBrule Blocked Unblock Follow Following Apr 5, 2017

Quick note before you dive in: This post (largely based on recent McKinsey Global Institute and Executive Office of the President reports) includes some doom and gloom about the negative impacts artificial intelligence may have on your life and career. The last thing I want is for you to leave feeling freaked out, so try reading to the end, where I discuss the potential AI has to change your work for the better. If you can’t make it that far, save it for later or share it with a friend so you remember to read it the next time you hear about AI or automation in the news. Either way, you’re taking a step towards preparing yourself and a friend to be more successful in the future. You rock! How to Use this Post By now you probably know that artificial intelligence has the potential to change every single one of our jobs and industries. In some cases, AI will be used to completely eliminate certain jobs. In others, it will only change how they’re done or how in-demand they are. And in other cases, it will pave the way for new jobs to be created — including those that none of us can yet imagine. The goal of this post is to help you understand what artificial intelligence is, and the jobs & aspects of work most likely to be automated by AI, so you know how to position yourself for success in the near future. Join 30,000+ people who read the weekly 🤖Machine Learnings🤖 newsletter to understand how AI will impact the way they work. Quick Navigation WTF Is AI: A lot of confusion surrounds the definition of artificial intelligence, its domains, types, and techniques. Thanks to Samiur Rahman and Avi Eisenberger, you’ll find the relevant terms defined below. How AI Will Automate Certain Jobs Out of Existence: Every week, multiple articles are written about the jobs that are being killed off by automation. I give examples of the skills that will be easiest for AI to automate in the short term, and some of the industries where impacts will be felt. How to Thrive in an Automated Workplace: I break out the activities that are unlikely to be automated within the next few decades (and worth getting good at), the amazingly positive impacts AI will have on the future, and what it all might mean for you. Easter Egg: If I gave up the secret here it wouldn’t be an easter egg. Keep reading ;) If you're on your computer, click one of the images below to jump to a section or keep reading!

WTF Is Artificial Intelligence Anyway? The better you understand what artificial intelligence is, the better you’ll understand whether or not your job is in danger of being automated. Unfortunately, the confusion (and intentional misuse) around the term has made life hard for everyone. Ben Thompson recently explained what makes artificial intelligence so difficult to define. First, there are two types of artificial intelligence: Artificial General Intelligence, that is, a computer capable of doing anything a human can. That is in contrast to Artificial Narrow Intelligence, in which a computer does what a human can do, but only within narrow bounds. — Ben Thompson, Stratechery

Zume Pizza has even built robots with narrow AI that make pizza.