AI - The Hype and the Reality

There is much misinformed hype about apocalyptic scenarios where Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes more intelligent than humans. But rest assured, whilst we need to accept the fact that the development of new applications made possible by AI will be as disruptive as the industrial revolution, and may be exploited by bad actors, the models that underpin AI, including deep learning using neural networks, will never make machines more intelligent than humans.

It is simply not possible to take the step from what we know as AI today, to what we would describe as ‘general artificial intelligence’ - the human capacity for creativity, innovation and what is widely considered as just being “common sense”.