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Artificial Intelligence: A Beginner's Guide

Beginning information about artificial intelligence and how to use it effectively.

Some Common Myths and Misconceptions about AI

"AI doesn't turn data into intelligence." (Adjaute)

  1. AI is intelligent.
  2. AI is Expensive and Difficult to Implement.
  3. AI is Going To Take Jobs From Humans.
  4. AI is Neutral and Unbiased.
  5. AI Will Take Over The World and Enslave Humans.

Source: Debunking AI Myths, Marr.

Why do we see AI as a Pandora's box?

"Movies like ‘Terminator’, ‘I, Robot’, and ‘Eagle Eye’ have catapulted villainous AI into pop culture. The idea of machines thinking for themselves has been around since the late 1950s. First, as a mainstay villain of science fiction writers, then as a technology that was hailed as the next big revolution, AI has been relevant for a long time." --Anirudh V K.

The Face That Launched a Subgenre

                                                                  

Credit: Frankenstein’s Creature: Promotional photo of Boris Karloff from The Bride of Franklenstein as Frankenstein’s monster, Universal Studios, 1935.  

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein  (1818)                                                         Movie: Frankenstein (1931)
The Creature                                                                                                  The Monster

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was the first popular novel about a  scientist, Victor Frankenstein, creating an artificial intelligent life that went wrong. Here are five well-known follow-ups:

  1. Dr. Henry Jelkyll in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde  by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886)
  2. Dr. Moreau  in The Island of Dr. Moreau  by H.G. Wells (1896)
  3. Jack Griffing in The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells (1897)
  4. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932)
  5. John Hammond in Jurassic Park (1990)

Bibliography this page

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  • Marr, B. (2023, October 5). Debunking AI myths: The truth behind 5 common misconceptions. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2023/07/05/debunking-ai-myths-the-truth-behind-5-common-misconceptions/
  • U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.). The inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt (U.S. National Park Service). National Parks Service. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/franklin-roosevelt-inauguration.htm
  • V K, A. F. (2022, February 10). 10 most common myths about Ai - Spiceworks. Spiceworks Inc. https://www.spiceworks.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/articles/common-myths-about-ai/