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So are you talking... robots?
Kind of. The focus here are not the usual smarter-than-humans robots kind of artificial intelligence - the kind you usually see in the movies. What I am talking about are computational tools that can learn. How? By using deep learning, or deep machine learning. This is an artificial intelligence method that tries to mimic how the human brain works.
As said by Wenwen Li, a professor at Arizona State University developing a artificial intelligence tools,
To fully comprehend the greatness of deep machine learning, you will have to first accept and understand that computers are stupid.
Now before anyone gets offended, let me elaborate. I was told that over and over again in my computer science courses over the years. (Should you ever reach my blog, thank you Dr. McDowell.) What I mean is, (and to put things simply), computers do not understand the human language. They speak in 0's and 1's, and must be programmed by other people in order to understand (and do) what we want them to do.
So what if we gave them something that mimics the human brain - an ability for machines to think and act for themselves? That, is deep learning.
And that same technology can be applied to our current issues with sustainability.
Professor Li is currently in the process of developing an artificial intelligence tool that can help analyze geographical terrain overtime and use that information to calculate future changes in terrain. This means, predicting the Earth's future physical state! Quite the factor to human sustainability!
As said by Wenwen Li, a professor at Arizona State University developing a artificial intelligence tools,
"Deep learning has a remarkable ability to derive patterns from complicated or imprecise data, have an ability to learn, are strongly self-organized, and can create their own representation of the knowledge received."
Uh, yeah, okay...so what?
Now before anyone gets offended, let me elaborate. I was told that over and over again in my computer science courses over the years. (Should you ever reach my blog, thank you Dr. McDowell.) What I mean is, (and to put things simply), computers do not understand the human language. They speak in 0's and 1's, and must be programmed by other people in order to understand (and do) what we want them to do.
So what if we gave them something that mimics the human brain - an ability for machines to think and act for themselves? That, is deep learning.
And that same technology can be applied to our current issues with sustainability.
Professor Li is currently in the process of developing an artificial intelligence tool that can help analyze geographical terrain overtime and use that information to calculate future changes in terrain. This means, predicting the Earth's future physical state! Quite the factor to human sustainability!
What's bad then?
Ah, yes, there are always two sides to a story. Since these tools can be used for sustainability purposes, it is quite contradictory then, that they also hurt sustainability. Like with most technology, these tools have to be produced. Made. See where I'm going here?
Are the overall means justified by the end?
So I forgot to mention, my name is Alee Khang. I am a Computer Science major, with a minor in Mathematics at Rhode Island College. Essentially, these new learning machine tools will be the subject of my blog. My main focus is analyzing these tools and gearing their "worth" towards sustainability. (After all, the world does matter.)
AI hope you tune in.
Alee, "AI" think you chose a great topic to blog about for the next couple of weeks. I am definitely interested in learning more about the link between artificial intelligence and sustainability. I absolutely love your design so far. The background image is eye-catching and appropriate for your subject matter. I also like how you incorporated humor into your post through the use of GIFs. One suggestion I would like to make in order for you to enhance your design is for you to consider making your sub-headings a little more noticeable by increasing the size of the text. Right now, they are blending too much with your body text. Also, a little more spacing would help break up each section help the reader differentiate between ideas. Overall, though, great job on your first post and I'll certainly be tuning in for more!
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to see how you plan on addressing "both sides of the story" in terms of sustainability. I've never really thought about the type of technology used to address the issues of sustainability so it'll be interesting to read your posts.
ReplyDeleteAlso, great layout. The gif is a great addition and the centering of the quote is a good idea. Great aesthetic!
First of all, I must say right off the bat when hit the link and this blog opened I instantly thought "woah cool!" to myself. The background combined with the picture right in the middle of the human brain with the electricity running through it is just epic and makes you want to read. Great job with that! I also think you did a great job at dissecting and breaking down the elements of "AI" for those who might have trouble understanding it. I also think the overall idea for your topic is a great one, keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of using AI and technology to better our planet! The idea of fixing some of the damage we've done and contaminated on Earth with developed technologies and discovering where these issues are originating from with this Artificial Intelligence is super interesting! I also love the sort of Matrix-y layout and digital-world feel your blog design gives, real cool!
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