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Artificial intelligence, as we currently use the term, isn’t really. It’s more automated machine learning, which is still pretty cool and gets us a step closer to actual artificial intelligence.
Yes,I’masciencefictionnerdsothedifferencesactuallymattertome.
Aswecurrentlyseeit,AIisbeingappliedeverywhereandseeminglytoallwalksoflife.Forexample,everynewtechnologyseemstobetoutingsomelevelofAIinitssoftware,asifyouneedartificialintelligencetohelpyoumakecoffeeoroperateyourrefrigeratororwhatever.
Yettherearecompaniesouttherewhomakegundetectionsystems,ostensiblyforplaceslikeschoolsorothergun-freezones,thatsaythey’reusingAItohelpthemandourtaxdollarsmaysoonbegoingtofundit.
Kansascouldsoonofferupto$5millioningrantsforschoolstooutfitsurveillancecameraswithartificialintelligencesystemsthatcanspotpeoplecarryingguns.Butthegovernorneedstoapprovetheexpendituresandtheschoolsmustmeetsomeveryspecificcriteria.
TheAIsoftwaremustbepatented,“designatedasqualifiedanti-terrorismtechnology,”incompliancewithc
