Human capabilities and feelings are much more complex than any computer program. Although, according to Laudon and Laudon (2019), Artificial Intelligence (AI) performs many tasks that would be impossible for humans to perform and can equal or come close to human tasks in interpreting CT scans, recognizing faces and voices, and playing games. AI combines technology with fields like computer science, psychology, and neuroscience, thus making a fascinating mix.
These advances have made possible personal assistants like Siri, Alexa, Cortana, and Google, as well as speech-activated systems in automobiles. Machines use AI to fly airplanes and perform surgeries. According to Blais (2022), “human level machine intelligence has 50 percent chance of happening within 45 years”. There have been developments in intuitive physics field that enable HLMI to predict certain dynamic changes in their physical environment and then react to those changes. For example, being able to sense the trajectory of a falling tree and therefore knowing the direction to move in to avoid being hit. On the other hand, machines lack emotional intelligence, even though they can be taught to mimic true feelings. Emotional awareness is the one thing that AI is missing. Businesses and governments continue to support research centers that attempt to refine algorithms and develop sophisticated computer programs that think and act like humans, although the most human thing about them is missing.
Overall, machines can easily surpass humans in intelligence levels. However, when things come to empathy, kindness and friendship, machines are not yet able to develop that. Even when humans are able to build machines that are becoming smarter and more lifelike every day, the actual human thing about those machines is absent. No matter the levels of intelligence, without the basic human emotions, machine still remains just a machine.
References
Blais, C. (2022). When will AI be smart enough to outsmart people? MIT. Ask an Engineer. Web.
Laudon, K. C., & Laudon J. P. (2019). Management Information Systems: Managing the digital firm (16th ed.). Pearson.