How to Prepare For an AI Future & Conclusion

As you can see, at their core ANNs are just mathematical functions made up of a web of run-of-the-mill mathematical parts (addition, multiplication, and exponentiation). They have found a home for performing classifications in a large variety of contexts. You are likely to engage with ANNs and AI professionally, and as a consumer multiple times per day for the rest of your life. You can prepare yourself by at the very least:
  • being familiar with what they are (we did that today!)
  • being familiar with how they can be trained (we touched on this today!)
  • understanding a little bit about how they are likely to make mistakes (also covered today!)
  • understanding a little bit about how they can be adjusted to avoid mistakes
There's nothing to be scared of in AI except ourselves. If we see things in AI tools that are unsettling or unnerving, it's simply a reflection of ourselves, and not a result of any maliciousness in the computer.

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