Intel is investing in artificial intelligence as Web 4.0 AI Complementing Humans and Web 5.0 AI Supplanting Humans steps closer to reality.
Intel's chief technology officer, Justin Rattner, believes ai will outsmart humans some day as part of his keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum this week in San Francisco.
Rattner believes that advancements in technology have surpassed predictions and that in the not-so-distant future machines could surpass humans in intelligence.
Rattner touched on the idea of technological singularity, or rapid progress, championed by innovator and artificial-intelligence expert Ray Kurzweil.
Through a video discussion at the forum, Kurzweil from the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence said machines are talking to each other at billions of bits per second.
Rattner talked about Intel's research in ai that includes working on their own version of transformers like those that transform a moving vehicle to a speaking robot. Intel is investigating how tiny robots dubbed "catoms" (see diagram of 3D catoms connecting with each other) can make devices change form.
According to Intel, these catoms can change a computer to a pocket-sized computer and then into the shape of an earpiece when used as a mobile phone, and could also be large and flat with a keyboard for browsing the Internet or viewing a movie.
And then there are the robots. Rattner showed two robot prototypes developed at Intel that use perception, manipulation and artificial intelligence.
Rattner demonstrated how one robot can feel objects before touching them.
Another demonstration showed a robot that recognizes faces, understands commands, and executes those commands.
Rattner said the research is still in its early stages. Refer to diagram of an Intel ai hand.
