mr. gadget meets ai..

as an update, we’ll be getting a new mr. gadget writer for those who inquired if the previous articles were from chat. they were not but from a human who had chats help. glad you guys are involved into the happenings here.

as a beautiful segwey, let’s get into this gadgets final take on things:

Artificial Intelligence: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why I Use It

Today's topic is A.l.

What is it? Are there different types? Is it everything people say it is? Should I worry about all the stories of it taking over? And finally - what do I personally think of A.I.?

Before I begin, a quick disclosure for transparency: I use A.l. - including for this article - and probably more than one type of it.

What Is A.I.?

Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines. These systems are programmed to think, reason, learn, and make decisions - mimicking aspects of how humans operate. A.l. allows machines to perceive their environment, learn from data, solve problems, and take action.

That definition comes from Google - yes, Google's own A.I. helped provide that explanation. I use it a lot.

But let me put it in my own words:

A.I. is an advanced kind of software that makes decisions based on large sets of data about different situations and outcomes.

When people talk about A.l. simulating human intelligence, I think of characters like Data from Star Trek or HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey. But let's be real - we're not there yet. Some A.I. systems can be surprisingly interactive and even seem "human" in conversation, but they are nowhere near conscious or sentient.

If the data A.l. is trained on is biased, flawed, or just plain junk — the decisions it makes will reflect that. No knock on artificial intelligence at all, in any capacity. If anything, it's a knock on the people who input the info a bit . artificial intelligence is only as good as the owners who provided data & information, give it.

Are There Different Types of A.I.?

Absolutely.

Most people I talk to form their opinions of A.l. based on free versions of tools like ChatGPT; love it.