Multi-billion dollar investments are being made in AI and robotics by all the top technology companies and they are expected to create 50 trillion dollars of value over the next 10 years. The human brain has 86 billion neurons wired up according to the “connectome”. In 1957 Frank Rosenblatt created a teachable artificial neuron called a “Perceptron”. Three-layer networks of artificial neurons were common in 1986 and much more complex “Deep Learning Neural Networks” were being studied by 2007. These networks started winning a variety of AI competitions besting other approaches and often beating human performance. These systems are starting to have a big effect on robot manufacturing, self-driving cars, drones, and other emerging technologies. Deep learning systems which create images, music, and sentences are rapidly becoming more common. There are safety issues but several institutes are now working to address the problems and the future looks very bright!
Steve Omohundro has been a scientist, professor, author, and entrepreneur. He has a Ph.D. in mathematical physics but most of his work focuses on natural and artificial intelligence. He’s passionate about both understanding the world and creating new technologies that benefit humanity.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
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