AI Is Already In Everything We Use Today
January 30, 2023Artificial intelligence programmes are the talk of the town right now. From simplifying complicated tasks to threatening to take our jobs, AI can do it all. But the idea of letting a non-sentient being take the wheel isn’t a novel idea. In fact, it’s already in our smartphones, tablets and PCs. Google has been using it for years to make its suite of apps more accurate.
Google Search uses AI for understanding web searches in different languages, by pictures or even humming a tune. MultiSearch allows one to use images and text at the same time to answer a single query. In addition to this, context is also taken into consideration. For example, you can show it a picture of a blue sweater and ask to find one in yellow.
AI can also be found in Google Maps, where it’s used to provide information on traffic conditions and delays. It automatically updates business hours and speed limits as well so that we receive the latest information.
Since 2015, we’ve been able to use Google Photos to search for photos by what’s in them. Now, the app allows us to revisit many similar pictures from the past with its Memories feature. Though not very helpful, it does bring back nostalgic feelings of years gone by.
Ever wondered how captions appear on YouTube, even for videos that were produced without them? It’s the work of AI, generating them fairly accurately to allow accessibility to a wider audience including people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Gmail uses AI for better spam filtering, which allows it to block nearly 10 million unwanted emails every minute. That’s about 99.9% of spam, phishing attempts and malware being blocked from reaching us. Besides this, the AI also helps compose emails through predictive text. It learns our writing habits and helps structure sentences as well as replies.
Last but not least is Google’s helpful voice assistant. It uses Natural Language Processing (NLP) AI technology to understand what we’re saying in the way a human would. It can fairly accurately identify the meaning of questions whether that be through voice or text. This is what allows us to use the “Hey, Google..” command to get to the answers we need.
Though many critics are predicting doom and gloom for the future due to the adoption of AI, we believe the contrary to be true. Just like how calculators and Microsoft Excel helped us process math and data at a quicker pace, AI will help take over repetitive mundane tasks and allow us to prioritize efforts on work that actually matters.
