Today, we frequently hear the term artificial intelligence. When discussing technology, we can’t ignore artificial intelligence. So what is artificial intelligence? The term “Artificial Intelligence” was first used in the mid-20th century by Professor John McCarthy. In short, artificial intelligence refers to systems or machines that improve themselves to perform given tasks. The superiority of artificial intelligence over human intelligence began to be accepted by people when the IBM-developed computer Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov. Later, the IBM-developed computer Watson defeated its rivals in a television game show, proving that computers could surpass humans not only in mathematics but also in other fields. Artificial intelligence continues to prove its success in various fields. These successes have inspired us to delegate tasks that humans would perform to more successful artificial intelligence applications. Thanks to the trust that the concept of artificial intelligence gives us, we can entrust ourselves to it. Image processing, one of the application areas of artificial intelligence, allows us to perform identity checks in seconds on a busy street with thousands of people, or we can easily travel for miles thanks to our vehicle’s lane tracking system. Image processing is a very interesting artificial intelligence capability. How is it that our computers, unlike us, can understand the differences between objects faster than we can see them? To achieve this, image pixels are fed into artificial intelligence. For example, thousands of road and lane images are uploaded to lane recognition systems, allowing the system to automatically identify common points between the images. Thanks to artificial intelligence, today we all have assistants like the computer in the Star Trek movie, which we can command with our voice and receive responses from. The only difference is that our assistant fits in our pocket. This artificial intelligence is called natural language processing. Through language processing, it provides services such as correcting spelling errors and performing automatic translation. This has made it even simpler for us to stay informed and receive information from all over the world. The world has become even smaller. You might be searching for movies, videos, or new music. The recommendations from people around you might not be to your liking. But thanks to artificial intelligence that knows you better than they do, you don’t need to spend hours searching for movies. In today’s world, customer satisfaction is crucial, and because Netflix’s AI recommendation system has been successful, many apps and websites now use AI recommendation systems. AI finds commonalities between the shows and movies you watch and suggests similar content. Thus, AI applications become our best friends, mathematically calculating and understanding our tastes. Artificial intelligence applications, which are becoming not only our assistants and friends but also our personal doctors, are not ignoring our health. Thanks to AI in smart bracelets, they provide us with feedback on everything from our heart rate and stress levels to the number of steps we take and calories we burn through applications on our phones. They can analyze millions of documents in seconds to recommend the most accurate treatment methods for doctors. They assist pathologists in making accurate diagnoses and providing personalized medications and treatments. Artificial intelligence applications also help reduce the costs of healthcare services.
Just as machine technologies in the past reduced the use of human labor and prevented physical fatigue, artificial intelligence applications have begun to reduce the mental effort required from humans, thus preventing mental fatigue. The fact that humanity domesticated animals thousands of years ago, using them both in daily tasks and forming emotional bonds as companions, shows us the development of the same artificial intelligence today. Our virtual servants, friends, and assistants are artificial intelligence.