Reality of Artificial Intelligence

Reality of Artificial Intelligence

Research scientist and TED speaker Janelle Shane shares her insights on artificial
intelligence (AI) in You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence
Works and Why It’s Making the World a Weirder Place.

In this course, you’ll learn what AI is—and isn’t—and what its current limitations
are. You’ll also discover how the collaboration between AI and human intelligence
can lead to new, exciting innovations.

Course Topics

In this course you will cover the following topics:

Introduction
What Does AI Even Mean?
AI Has the Brain of a Worm
AI Needs Narrow Tasks
AI Does Not Understand What You’re Trying to Get It to Do
Janelle Shane
The Realities of Artificial Intelligence
AI Will Take the Path of Least Resistance
Many AI Tasks Are Really “Copy the Humans”
Sometimes, It’s Humans Taking an AI’s Job
Conclusion