Affairs In Gossip

Affairs attract interest in knowing so I picked one to share. Sorry to disappoint this one is about ‘Futuristic Affairs’ on global science and technology, some of them I may not live to experience. Limitations of 600 words will do no justice in sharing all what minds globally are actively working on.

The union of Robotics and Artificial intelligence (AI) is the Internet of things, its applications gradually spreading to almost all industries in some way or the other including household. To complement and compound the experience of AI, USA & China in race to lead and launch Quantum computers (QC) that will transform human capabilities along with artificial intelligence.

Some gossips about AI applications with QC in different fields:

All disease operates at the molecular level. QC may one day decipher the molecular secrets of incurable disease such as Cancer, Alzheimer, Parkinson as well as new viruses. A Galleri test was to be available this year in the US which could detect fragments of tumor DNA circulating in the bloodstream. This blood test is able to detect 50 types of cancer in their early stages.

A tobacco chewing out of shape Indian policeman gets to compete with the presence of robotic policemen. Already Kerala has its first robotic policeman.

Lunch in New York and tea in Japan will be possible with QC being used to reduce drag and friction on supersonic planes. NASA has the aircraft industry to work on new supersonic jet under new specs. Travel time of 14hrs 33min will be reduced to 3 hours.

A single AI model can translate text and video contents in over 200 languages. With QC interference the video recording would go edited with lips movement matching the pronounced word in the language chosen. 4000 languages capabilities it keeps.

Intelligence can be child’s play using AI, vernacular medium can match English medium minds with good literal contents in drafting.

Google maps besides giving multiple directions for one destination will now give landscape view with zoom in features to choose which scenic route you will enjoy. The expected weather and traffic conditions at the time of your travel can be projected too.

Heard the phrase the horse does the work and the coachman is tipped, well now in the driverless public transport find a box, “Be kind to tip the owner of the vehicle”.

A simple x-ray-scan appointment in US comes not earlier than a week. AI delivers 98% sensitivity rate on abnormal radiographs compared to sensitivity of 72.3% of a radiologist. A single radiologist could examine 50 odd reports a day AI could examine 100 in half an hour with finer observations.

Contact lenses originally designed to aid the visual impaired now displays fitness and health monitoring data. AI algorithms in healthcare can analyze medical data to identify patterns and predict patient outcomes.

Wonder what view one of the founders of the discipline on Artificial intelligence John McCarthy had way back in 1955; that AI is not a substitute for human Intelligence, it is a tool to amplify creativity and ingenuity or AI is about replacing human intelligence decisions making, with more sophisticated technologies.

AI will have a more profound impact on humanity than fire, electricity and the internet. Those who remember their first contact with TV, Computer, Mobile and Internet it’s now going to get crazier with AI. Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love. Pray AI & QC make no unethical compromise with humanity, but Sarbat Ka Bhalla.