A new form of technology is taking over the world, from self-driving cars and robotic cleaning devices. This technology is often referred to as Artificial Intelligence, or AI. It’s intelligence displayed by machines, in contrast with the Natural Intelligence, or NI displayed by humans and other animals, according to http://www.machinelearning.ai/artificial-intelligence/artificial-intelligence-ai-defined/..

Artificial intelligence can have a negative or a positive effect on society, but the focus is on the benefits of AI. According to weforum.org, Artificial intelligence “has the potential to greatly improve things like healthcare, education, poverty and security. AI machines can do some very beneficial things already today that humans will simply never be able to. If we leverage that to augment what humans do well, AI could positively impact society, business, and culture on the order of magnitude of the internet itself.”

AI can potentially have an impact on things like precision medicine and farming, and it improves the software data in computers. Some fear that artificial intelligence is taking over the world, but those who are developing it are generally finding more ways to improve society as a whole, including enhancing production of food and improving education.

AI will become part of daily life and careers of the future are destined to include it as it becomes a more real and growing contributor to the world at large.