Decoding AI: From Artificial Intelligence to Super Intelligence

Abstract

The zenith of human civilisation is built on the pillars of its technological prowess. This achievement is attributed purely to the intelligence of the Human Brain, as the physical abilities of humans are somewhat inferior to many of other inhabiting species of the planet Earth. Intelligence has not only helpedHuman’s to be in the top of food chain but also made it the destiny maker of all the other species. Now one of human’s own creation – the Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emerging to rival the capabilities of human brain. Unlike human evolution, which is guided by Nature’s natural selection, the evolution of AI is guided by Human Scientist. Even at the present level which is below the Human Level Intelligence, AI has the potential to replace most of human labour and cause large scale catastrophic mass unemployment. On application of Moore’s Law and Law of Accelerated Return into the evolution journey of AI, arrival of Human Level Intelligence in machines is inevitable and almost immediately, AI will reach the level of Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI), an entity which is thousand times more intelligent than the present known Human Intelligence. Although experts are divided on the question that whether ASI will be beneficial or detrimental or totally indifferent to the mankind, many of them believe that emergence of ASI will lead to a event called ‘Technological Singularity’ resulting the end for mankind.