Chapter 2: AI and Innovation

 When you think of AI, what comes to mind? 

Was it "future", "technology","smart","new"," or even "innovative"?

Most words that come to mind would be correct, but I want to emphasize that MOST words would be correct. When people think of AI, they think of it as a new-age technology that represents the future. Much of this accurate, but its important to note that AI was actually first developed around the 1950's. While sitting in my university class talking about the beginnings of AI, this tidbit of information was pretty astounding to me. Its hard to think that AI was being discussed so long ago (almost 100 years!) and that the question of what is considered intelligent was a big conversation. The big question around that time was how to classify a program as intelligent when no measurement had been created. This question is still big today, and as I learned in my class, a question that has evolved over the years. Back then, the idea of what AI could be was still very much a dream, but with the technology that was being developed during the 1950's, it was still possible to conduct an intelligence test. In comes Alan Turing, a man who creates the Turing Test, a test that evaluates the ability of a computer to think like a human. Turing set the bar low as my Professor joked, with the test only requiring the machine to trick the human in thinking it is also human. ELIZA was the first program to challenge the Turing Test as it was an early model chatbot, but still very primitive in its design. Compared to the chatbot's today, ELIZA was barely scratching the surface of what a language program could do. Now that we can do much more with AI programs, the bar of what counts as intelligent has shifted over time and many of those in the tech field are constantly questioning what should be classified as intelligent. Its an important question in the world of innovation and creation. AI has opened the door to many possibilities, but also many worries. It also begs the question of using AI to create new technology, and whether or not it can fully innovate a design while carefully considering human needs. Is intelligence being able to critically think? Can it be intelligent without empathy or awareness of the world around it? Is social intelligence even important in innovation?

Should we even use AI to innovate

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