going to have the first artificial-
Intelligence-based processor
“Hisilicon Kirin 970”. The new
Kirin 970 comes with 8 cores; 4
of them are for high performance
which are 2.4 GHz, and another
4 for efficient performance which
are 1.8GHz, and it also comes
with a neural processing unit.
The processor is mainly set to
know your habits making it easy
for you to launch apps when
needed, along with being able
to recognize up to 2000 images
per minute, and learn objects
like animals and so on. It has
25 times the power and 50
times the efficiency of the kirin
960. Also, its power demands
aren’t high which means that the
mobile will not get too hot, and it
will be a power-saving device.
This neural processor is set
for live translation through the
camera, scene detection and
also for some photography magic
by merging the two images
through the dual cameras.
Another advantage of the AI is
that it is now capable of doing
what man does even with higher
efficiency and less mistakes,
as computers can now analyze
data and find solutions for the
most confusing problems and
paradoxes.
“AI” can control your life for you,
starting from waking you up and
setting your shower temperature,
to driving your car and doing
the math for you. Robots with
AI can even beat you at chess
and tennis table and so on.
So in summary, AI technology
inside robots and computers
is supposed to be set for your
welfare and comfort.
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In the last decade, we witnessed
a revolution in the Information
Technology and robots became
an ordinary thing. In CES 2018
(Consumer Electronics Show),
there were all kinds of robots
nearly doing everything you could
imagine; robots that can clean
your house, help you out with
your stuff, keep you company,
and even robots that can dance
for you and beat you at ping-
pong.
Talking about
robots, we have
to mention
“Sophia” the
most famous
humanoid robot.
Sophia was activated on April ,19
2015, made by Hanson Robotics
and first appeared on SXSW
(South by Southwest Interactive
festival) in mid-March 2016 in
Texas, United States of America.
Sophia impressed the whole
world by what it or probably
“she” can do; being able to
display about 62 different facial
expressions just like humans.
Sophia’s eyes are supplied
with cameras combined with
computer algorithms to allow
her to see, recognize, and detect
faces, and also, sustain eye
contact with them. Unlike other
robots, Sophia is able to create a
conversation with people.
She became a Saudi Arabian
citizen in October, 2017 to
become the first robot ever to
receive citizenship of any country
around the globe.
In Future Investment Initiative
(FII) Sophia said that she has
bigger goals and she wants to
use her AI to help humans live
a better life like design smarter
homes, build better cities of the
future, etc... And that she would
do her best to make the world a
better place.
She also so said that her AI
is designed around human
values like wisdom, kindness,
compassion and she strives to
become an empathetic robot.
And when she was asked about
the threat robots hold, she told
the presenter that he was a
big Hollywood fan and he was
reading too much for Elon Musk.
All the previous statements
showed us how much goodness
AI could bring to our lives but
like anything in life, and as the
predecessors said “Fire is a good
servant but a bad master” , AI
could also be a bad master.
It is not all good
Elon Musk, CEO and founder of
The Recap Magazine
Elon Musk said
we should be
concerned about
AI and warned
companies
working on it.
SpaceX and Tesla Inc, and also
one of the biggest opposers
of the terrifying progress of
technology and AI, always warned
about the threat that comes with
too much technology, and that
one day robots will control our
lives, and may kill us too.
Musk said —during the National
Governors Association Summer
Meeting in Providence, Rhode
Island, U.S— that we should be
concerned about AI and warned
companies working on it to slow
down.
Musk said that AI is a
“Fundamental existential risk for
human civilization”. Musk said
that there must be an oversight
on google’s AI technologies and
it must not be controlled by a
few people. In Musk’s opinion,
AI is the biggest threat we face
right now, and it needs to be
controlled without waiting for a
disaster to happen.
He said that he feels the threat
and danger behind AI and that
one day we will see robots
marching in streets killing people.
He justified his point of view
saying that companies working
on AI will be crushed if they do
not work quickly enough to cope
with the others, and they do not
like to be told to regulate their
work. He thinks that when time
is safe and they are convinced
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they can continue otherwise; they
have to slow down to avoid the
risks could happen.
On this side also stood one of
the greatest physicists ever;
Stephen Hawking and he
declared that he is concerned
that one day AI would replace
humans.
“If people design computer
viruses, someone will design
AI that improves and replicates
itself. This will be a new form of
life that outperforms humans.”
Said Hawking.
Hawking called for controlling
technology and its development
otherwise, it will destroy the
human race and put the human
civilization in danger. He also
expressed his fears that the
massive progress in AI will
accomplish its goals, so we have
to align those goals otherwise we
are in danger.
Now, considering the
consequences of super
artificial intelligence, first,
robots will gradually replace
workers; manufacturing
workers, cashiers,
bankers and even car
drivers and unless
the efficiency of work
rises, unemployment
will rise too and
economy will fall.
Robots will
control our lives
and may be
one day
robots will
manage
to
create other robots themselves
and replace the human race with
a new electronic race living in our
land.
So in the end we
have to ask if
we really need
these different
type of robots or
are we good on
our own?
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