CLASSSIFICATION OF AI:
ARTIFICIAL NARROW INTELLIGENCE (ANI)
ANI also known as Weak AI. ANI is the stage of Artificial Intelligence involving
machines that can perform only a narrowly defined set of specific tasks.
At this stage, the machine does not possess any thinking ability, it just performs a set
of pre-defined functions.
All the existing AI applications which we see around us falls under this category. ANI
includes an AI system that can perform narrowly defined specific tasks just like humans.
Examples of Weak AI include Siri, Alexa, Self-driving cars, Alpha-Go, Sophia the
humanoid and so on. Almost all the AI-based systems built till this date fall under the
category of Weak AI.
This system is a combination of all reactive and limited memory AI.
AI algorithms that we use in today’s world to perform the most complex Prediction
Modelling fall under this category of AI.
ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE (AGI)
AGI also known as Strong AI. AGI is the stage in the evolution of Artificial Intelligence
wherein machines will possess the ability to think and make decisions just like us humans.
It has the capability to train, learn, understand and perform functions just like a normal
human does.
There are currently no existing examples of Strong AI, however, it is believed that we
will soon be able to create machines that are as smart as humans.
Strong AI is considered a threat to human existence.
These systems will have multi-functional capabilities cutting across different domains.
ARTIFICIAL SUPER INTELLIGENCE (ASI)
Artificial Super Intelligence is the stage of Artificial Intelligence when the capability
of computers will surpass human beings.
ASI is currently a hypothetical situation as depicted in movies and science fiction
books, where machines have taken over the world.
Some of the researchers fear that the advent of ASI will ultimately result in
“Technological Singularity”. It is a hypothetical situation in which the growth in
technology will reach an uncontrollable stage, resulting in an unimaginable change in
Human Civilization.
Artificial Super Intelligence will be the top-most point of AI development. ASI will be
the most potent form of intelligence to ever exist on this planet.
It will be able to perform all the tasks better than humans because of its inordinately
superior data processing, memory, and decision-making ability.
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