Overviewofartificialintelligence人工智能机械工程---儒儒Overviewofartificialintelligence人工智能HotTopicForthepastfewmonths,artificialintelligence(AI)hasbeenamuchtalkedabouttopicintheworldsofbothpopcultureandscience.LastNovembersawthereleaseofOscar-nominatedandwinningbiopic,“TheImitationGame”,aboutthefatherofthemoderncomputer,AlanTuring.Lastmonth,anotherHollywoodfilmaboutcleverrobots,Chappie,hittheaters.AndhereinChina,searchenginegiantBaidufounderandCEOLiYanhongthrewoutaboldproposalattheChinesePeople’sPoliticalConsultativeConference.Li’svisionisaprojectcalled“ChinaBrain”,aimingtomakeChinatheworldleaderindevelopingartificialintelligencesystems..Dictionariesdefineintelligenceastheabilitytoacquire,understandandapplyknowledge,ortheabilitytoexercisethoughtandreason.Ofcourseintelligenceismorethanthis.Itembodiesalloftheknowledgeandfeats,bothconsciousandunconscious,whichwehaveacquiredthroughstudying.Whatisartificialintelligenceexactly?SystemsthatthinklikehumansSystemsthatactlikehumansSystemsthatthinkrationallySystemsthatactrationallyViewsofAIfallintofourcategories:Theexcitingnewefforttomakecomputersthinks…machinewithminds,inthefullandliteralsense”(Haugeland1985)“Thestudyofmentalfacultiesthroughtheuseofcomputationalmodels”(Charniaketal.1985)“Theartofcreatingmachinesthatperformfunctionsthatrequireintelligencewhenperformedbypeople”(Kurzweil,1990)Afieldofstudythatseekstoexplainandemulateintelligentbehaviorintermsofcomputationalprocesses”(Schalkol,1990)FoundationsofAIAIComputerScience&EngineeringPhilosophyBiologyLinguisticsCognitiveSciencePsychologyEconomicsMathematicsFaceRecognition(人脸识别)IntelligentControl(智能控制)GeneticProgramming(基因工程)Artificialintelligencebenefitsusinthefollowingaspects:Agree1.Robotshavereplacedhumanbeingsinmanyaspectsofworkthatpeopledo,especiallythedangerousworkandsomehousework.2.Whenyouaresad,hecanbecomeagoodfriend,tocomfortyou,accompanyyouDisagreeRobotscanonlyreplacehumansindoingsomejobs,but:1.Madebypeople2.NohumancharacteristicsWillrobotseverbeabletoreplacepeople?AlreadyAIcanhelpblindpeopleseeanddeafpeoplehear.Andwheelchairshavebeeninventedthatcanbecontrolledbythoughts.WearegoingtowitnessmoreinnovationsandwondersmadepossiblebyAIInaword,theworldischanging.Weshouldalsochangeourthoughttoacceptrobotstobecomepartofourlife.Thatcanmakeourlifemorecolorful.