IIT KGP to set up center for AI Education

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR
is setting up a COE (center of excellence) in AI with funding from capillary technologies limited.
the  funding of ₹5.64 crores, the center will reportedly encompass key areas in AI and its kindred such as training, research, education, projects, entrepreneurship and incubation. The funding is aimed to be utilised for establishing coursework design, computing infrastructure,software and hardware simulation platforms.
The overall gist of mentioning this investment is that we are gradually understanding the importance of AI . 

The director of IIT KGP sir PP Chakrbarty already said that

“IIT KGP has developed a deep expertise in the overall area of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Sciences and its applications in several critical domains over a long period of time, among others. It is time that we lead this initiative in AI to fulfill the need of AI technologies in the 21st century” 

IIT KGP main building

Aneesh Reddy, co-founder and CEO at Capillary Technologies said
"The way we look at AI, it is the future — not just in our industry but in every aspect of life. We wish to support the envisaged programmes of the AI Center in various ways. Over the last few years, we have invested over ₹40 lakh annually in various research projects that hold the promise of shaping the future of our industry. We wish to continue our association with IIT KGP by investing a similar amount over a period of time to make this AI Center a truly industry-leading one.”

Progress updates in AI

Alibaba's artificial intelligence has scored better than humans in a Stanford reading test https://t.co/BIQuU3vhJ1 https://t.co/JhiiCrSnoS  .......well done guys

Alibaba’s FashionAI shows how machine learning might save the mall

Top e commerce are widely using the application of AI and Machine learning 

Alibaba’s sales from Saturday’s Singles Dayevent exceeded 25 billion dollars, more than quadruple what Americans spent last year during Black Friday. While the majority of those sales undoubtedly came via online purchases, the company also quietly experimented with an AI-powered project designed to woo offline shoppers.

FashionAI was developed by Alibabaresearchers in order to provide a recognizable interface for customers to use while trying on clothes. It’s a basic screen interface that uses machine-learning to make clothing and accessory suggestions to customers based on the items they are trying on. There’s no camera; it uses information embedded in the item’s tag to make the recommendations.

Using the system, customers can try clothes on, receive fashion tips and suggestions from the AI, then make choices on-screen. If a user wants to try something different, or add other items, a store attendant can be summoned with the press of a button.

Deep learning allows the AI to make connections in real-time by accessing massive quantities of data and making ‘smart’ decisions.

When you’re on Amazon, for example, looking at a pair of cowboy boots might prompt the algorithm to recommend hiking or biker boots. But, search for a cowboy hat too, and you’re likely to be recommended other cowboy themed items, like belts, as opposed to just more hats and boots.

The idea is that eventually the AI will get better at determining what you’re going to look at, what you’re going to compare it with, what you’ll want to purchase with it, and which items you’ll actually end up buying.

Where no staff of humans could possibly be expected to remember the personal shopping preferences of every single customer, AI can.

Alibaba’s FashionAI may have been nothing more than an experiment at this point, but it’s an exciting one. It’s taken the weirdness out of ideas like Amazon’s AI-powered shopsand turned it into something more palatable.

Most attempts at changing the way brick-and-mortar stores operate have revolved around trying to cram the online experience into kiosks, lobbies, and the checkout area. The trade-off is typically one where customers invest their own time and effort into a system that doesn’t quite work as well as logging on to Amazon or Alibaba with a smartphone does.

By placing a screen against a wall in a changing booth, Alibaba integrated its already successful shopping system into the real-world seamlessly. If brick-and-mortar stores are to remain viable, they’ll have to leverage consumer attention by giving us all a reason to leave our phones in our pockets when we shop.

People are probably getting sick of being told that Amazon and Alibaba can afford to sell items cheaper because they don’t have overhead. That doesn’t make most of us feel better about being overcharged.

It feels like we’re being charged for the ‘privilege’ of standing in line and carrying our own bags through stores and parking lots, at most brick-and-mortar stores. If AI can be harnessed to bring the brick-and-mortar experience more closely in line with shopping on Alibaba.com, we all stand to benefit.

Putting up AI-powered screens in dressing rooms is an important first step, and one that may ultimately save a lot of human jobs.

Instead of replacing people with robots, Alibaba’s FashionAI integrates humans and machines in a way that provides the customer with everything they need. And the customer is always right.

Stellar explanation from Harvard business school...love it

How to Spot a Machine Learning Opportunity, Even If You Aren't a Data Scientist https://hbr.org/2017/10/how-to-spot-a-machine-learning-opportunity-even-if-you-arent-a-data-scientist Shared from my Google feed

Artificial Intelligence & Machine learning

If any one ask to a sincere boy for a glass of water ....surely that boy will keep in  mind several points such as ;
1: whether the water is fit for drinking or not
2: water is odourless and colourless or not  ..........

so this is the small example that shows human have its own ability to think while doing a task and this is called intelligency of human. A human knows very well that what is good for his health and what not.   but what is in the case of computer or we may say a digital machine......↠↠↠surely a computer totally works on the instructions that user give without an instruction computer can'nt perform a single task 

I am not as intelligent as u are

think about the case when a computer start thinking by itself...........

we can call this an example ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

A branch of Computer Science named Artificial Intelligence pursues creating the computers or machines as intelligent as human beings.

According to the father of Artificial Intelligence, John McCarthy, it is “The science and engineering of making intelligent machines, especially intelligent computer programs”.

at present time all the tech giants such as Google ( google lens) , Facebook (mission jarvis) spending their lot of times and money on Machine learning and  Artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence is a way of making a computer, a computer-controlled robot, or a software think intelligently, in the similar manner the intelligent humans think.

AI is accomplished by studying how human brain thinks, and how humans learn, decide, and work while trying to solve a problem, and then using the outcomes of this study as a basis of developing intelligent software and systems.

Idea behind AI ....

While dealing with the power of the computer systems, the curiosity of human, lead him to wonder, “Can a machine think and behave like humans do?”

Targets of AI ;

1: TO CREATE A GENIUS MACHINE

2: TO IMPLEMENT THE HUMAN INTELLIGENCY IN THE TECHNOLOGY SO THAT THE AREA OF TECHNOLOGY COVER INCREASEs  ( in the field of DNA observation, in observing various deseases such as different types of cancers, in space researches , in various mineral and petroleum explorations in land and sea and many more)

Content of AI ;

Artificial intelligence is a science and technology based on disciplines such as Computer Science, Biology, Psychology, Linguistics, Mathematics, and Engineering. A major thrust of AI is in the development of computer functions associated with human intelligence, such as reasoning, learning, and problem solving.

Is AI is safer to us ......?

In the long term, an important question is what will happen if the quest for strong AI succeeds and an AI system becomes better than humans at all cognitive tasks. As pointed out by I.J. Good in 1965, designing smarter AI systems is itself a cognitive task. Such a system could potentially undergo recursive self-improvement, triggering an intelligence explosion leaving human intellect far behind. By inventing revolutionary new technologies, such a superintelligence might help us eradicate war, disease, and poverty, and so the creation of strong AI might be the biggest event in human history. Some experts have expressed concern, though, that it might also be the last, unless we learn to align the goals of the AI with ours before it becomes superintelligent.

HOW CAN AI BE DANGEROUS?

Most researchers agree that  AI is unlikely to exhibit human emotions like love or hate, and that there is no reason to expect AI to become intentionally benevolent or malevolent. Instead, when considering how AI might become a risk, experts think two scenarios most likely:

1. The AI is programmed to do something devastating: Autonomous weapons are artificial intelligence systems that are programmed to kill. In the hands of the wrong person, these weapons could easily cause mass casualties. Moreover, an AI arms race could inadvertently lead to an AI war that also results in mass casualties. To avoid being thwarted by the enemy, these weapons would be designed to be extremely difficult to simply “turn off,” so humans could plausibly lose control of such a situation. This risk is one that’s present even with narrow AI, but grows as levels of AI intelligence and autonomy increase.
2. The AI is programmed to do something beneficial, but it develops a destructive method for achieving its goal: This can happen whenever we fail to fully align the AI’s goals with ours, which is strikingly difficult. If you ask an obedient intelligent car to take you to the airport as fast as possible, it might get you there chased by helicopters and covered in vomit, doing not what you wanted but literally what you asked for. If a superintelligent system is tasked with a ambitious geoengineering project, it might wreak havoc with our ecosystem as a side effect, and view human attempts to stop it as a threat to be met.

   

   If human can evolve then why not AI....?

As these examples shows, the concern about advanced AI isn’t malevolence but competence. An AI will be extremely good at accomplishing its goals, and if those goals aren’t aligned with ours, we have a problem. You’re probably not an evil ant-hater who steps on ants out of malice, but if you’re in charge of a hydroelectric green energy project and there’s an anthill in the region to be flooded, too bad for the ants. A key goal of AI safety research is to never place humanity in the position of those ants.

we will discuss AI in depth in my next blog......

Machine Learning;

Machine learning is a method of data analysis that automates analytical model building. It is a branch of artificial intelligence based on the idea that machines should be able to learn and adapt through experience.

IMPORTANCE OF MACHINE LEARNING;

Resurging interest in machine learning is due to the same factors that have made data mining and Bayesian analysis more popular than ever. Things like growing volumes and varieties of available data, computational processing that is cheaper and more powerful, and affordable data storage.

All of these things mean it's possible to quickly and automatically produce models that can analyze bigger, more complex data and deliver faster, more accurate results – even on a very large scale. And by building precise models, an organization has a better chance of identifying profitable opportunities – or avoiding unknown risks.

Difference b/w AI and Machine learning........................

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are two very hot tech topic right now, and often seem to be used interchangeably.

They are not  the same thing, but the perception that they can sometimes lead to some confusion. So I thought it would be worth writing a piece to explain the difference.

Both terms crop up very frequently when the topic is Big Data, analytics, and the broader waves of technological change which are sweeping through our world.

THE GIST OF THE DOUBT IS.......

Artificial Intelligence is the broader concept of machines being able to carry out tasks in a way that we would consider “smart”.

And,

Machine Learning is a current application of AI based around the idea that we should really just be able to give machines access to data and let them learn for themselves.

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there is need of strong and healthy discussion b/w us as its truely said that " every great movements consisty of three stages  1 ridicule ...2 discussion ....3 adoption..... so lets start a movement