Artificial Intelligence (AI) has three types, or three progressions. The first is narrow, general, and super. But what do these terms mean. To shed some light, lets take a look at each type.
Narrow AI is the only type of AI in existence today. It is the only one on the list that isn’t just conceptual. These are things like Alexa, facial recognition, the AI artists who’s paintings you can buy. Narrow AI is programmed to operate in a specific way and it that is all it is capable of doing.
General AI is conceptual. This type of AI has the ability to learn and act as a human would.
And finally, there is Artificial Superintelligence (ASI). Although conceptual, this is the scary one and the one we immediately think of when we think of AI. This type of AI has become self aware and smarter than humans. Infamously, we can think of Skynet as an example.
We are still in the phase of narrow AI and lightyears away from general AI, making ASI seem completely impossible in any foreseeable future. But it still kinda scares me…
Hello Sarah, I liked reading your summary on AI. I liked how you included all three stages. Do you ever thing that AI will surpass human intelligence?
This was interesting! I really hope AI doesn’t surpass human intelligence, although I think it’s possible with enough time and effort.
HI Sarah, you did a really good job explaining the three different types of AI. By breaking it down into smaller explanations, you made it easier for me to understand how AI is used in today’s world.