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Created September 23, 2017 08:20
The AI Conundrum

The past few months have been a roller coaster ride for the field of Artificial Intelligence. The field that aims to marginally replicate human intelligence, has met the critical eye of many experts in the field of technology. With the likes of Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg making statements about the inception of artificial intelligence in real life and its far fetched visions, the subject has to be a talk of the technology world. A few incidences in the research work carried out in various organizations like Facebook have also added to the ripples to the already unstable discussions of AI.

All these discussions have created a confusion in the minds of a few common people, about the field in general. These are the people who will be directly affected , if AI surfaces out in real life. As an enthusiast in the field, I felt the need to express my thoughts on the entire discussion. The ideas mentioned below are correct to my knowledge. In case of any discrepancy please feel