Machines that think (AI) are now a big part of our daily life. They change many work areas and how we use tech. Yet, in the AI world, there is a big split between simple AI and complex AI. To get where AI is now and where it might go, we need to know this split.
Simple AI only works for one job or a few. These machines are good at what they are set to do, but can’t think beyond that or get what’s around them.
Simple AI is all over many parts, like talking helpers Siri and Alexa, what you should watch or buy next on websites, and sorting out bad emails. These use special math rules to look at info and make choices or guesses when they see certain things.
Though simple AI is good for its set jobs, it can’t do things like a real person, change as new stuff happens, or really get the work it does.
Not like simple AI, complex AI wants to act like a real person’s mind on all sorts of thinking jobs. Complex AI can learn, think, and get the world as we do, with the skill to deal with new stuff.
But to make such smart systems is hard. To build something that gets how the world works, can make new things, and gets how people feel and act with each other is tough. The push to make complex AI means we must deal with hard tech, right and wrong, and big ideas.
Going after complex AI brings up deep questions. How will it change us, what we do for work, our private lives, and what makes us us? We worry about robots taking jobs, computer choices that are not fair, and bad use of smart tech. This is why we need to think about right and wrong when we make AI.
If we make complex AI, it could change everything in life – getting better, learning, moving around, and having fun. But it could also bring big dangers if we don’t watch over how we make and use it. The important thing is to find the right mix of new ideas and caring for what’s right when we build the AI of tomorrow.
In the end, simple AI and complex AI are different in what they can do. Simple AI is great for jobs in a tight area, while complex AI wants to act like a full human mind on many thinking jobs. Simple AI has changed many areas already, but going for complex AI is filled with tough work and deep questions about right and wrong. To get through the tricky world of making AI and how it might change society, we must know these differences.