Abilities of AI Compared to Human

Can AI have the following abilities that human beings and animals have?

As per Stahl [1] Humans have access to “mental abilities, perceptions, intuition, emotions, and even spirituality”.

Let us consider our views and discuss a little more the things he has enumerated. Let’s discuss his enumeration. The following combines the power of modern computing and AI to answer the robotic processing powers.

mental abilities — Yes these can be included in machines. Though not all mental abilities can be put in machines, but the todays machines have good number of mental abilities, especially computational powers which beat humans even in games like chess.

perceptions — Through sensors, many perceptions can be replicated. Vision, listening, comprehending, and hearing, can be done with machines. Though nothing compares to what humans can.

intuition — This can be emulated, but it would be artificial, and can’t be compared to what humans can do. Intuition is very much linked to living beings, even animals at times behave based on intuition, for example, animals often get an intuition of a bad weather. It is difficult to introduce intuition in machines. Still, things like artificial intuition can be made available to give a mutation to the task a machine is doing.

emotions — Again these can be emulated in robots. Robots can have emotions based on sensory or verbal inputs. How? By adding this behavior in the programming of code. But can a Robot define the right emotions based on inputs?

spirituality — this seems difficult to replicate. Spirituality is very specific to humans, and this seems difficult for robots to learn. Let’s leave something for humans.

I add the following Stahl [1] list

physical ability — Machines can do most things humans can do physically, such as mechanical movements, robots are taking part in all kinds of racing, and games with humans these days. Even animal physical abilities are compared and replicated in likewise robots.

predictions — Yes, through sophisticated algorithms, AI can predict many things humans can or cannot, this goes from cancer to detecting new materials and objects in the universe.

simulation — AI can simulate many processes that humans can such as space walks by machines.

robustness — AI machines are robust and can work for several days and nights to reach a goal, while humans are subject to biological constraints and require rest to move forward in completing tasks.

battery dependence — AI machines are battery dependent while humans need food and biological resources.

cherishing — Humans can cherish things that machines can’t fully cherish.

More, to be continued…

References

[1] B. C. Stahl, Artificial Intelligence for a Better Future, SpringerBriefs in Research and Innovation Governance, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69978-9_2