“Intelligence is not a skill itself; it’s not what you can do, it’s how well and how efficiently you can learn new things.” - Gina Mandela.
\nArtificial intelligence (AI) is advancing out of research labs and into the business world. Leading companies harness their power to benefit from banks examining numerous data points in seconds to detect fraud to call centers deploying chatbots to enhance customer interactions.\n\nThe recognition of AI in mainstream society might be a new phenomenon, but it is not a new concept. Though artificial intelligence was conceptualized in 1956, it took decades of effort to make notable progress in developing an AI system to make it a technological reality. In the business world, artificial intelligence has extensive uses. Most of us daily interact with an artificially intelligent system.
\nArtificial intelligence is not a replacement for human intelligence; instead, it is a support system. Although AI might not be good at completing simple tasks, it is skilled at processing and analyzing massive data sets compared to a human brain. Due to this quick process, business leaders, with the help of AI, can effectively resolve problems and take prompt decisions.
\n\n\n\n“Artificial intelligence is kind of the second coming of software,” said Amir Husain, founder and CEO of machine learning company SparkCognition. “It’s a form of software that makes decisions on its own, that’s able to act even in situations not foreseen by the programmers. Artificial intelligence has a wider latitude of decision-making ability as opposed to traditional software.”
\n\nThese traits make artificial intelligence extremely valuable throughout many industries. Artificial intelligence is a vital associate when it comes to looking for loopholes in computer network defenses. With the escalating complexity of cyberattacks, cybersecurity specialists require additional assistance, and this where AI is playing a significant role. Perhaps the ideal tool developed might be AI, but just like everything else, it can have practical and unfavorable consequences. If AI can be used responsibly, transparently, and justly, it will be a boon for businesses advancing towards growth and building a better world.
","date":"2021-02-08T08:15:16.000Z","author":[{"title":"Maya Angelou","bio":"Became a poet and writer after a string of odd jobs during her young adulthood. These included fry cook, sex worker, nightclub performer, Porgy and Bess cast member, Southern Christian Leadership Conference coordinator, and correspondent in Egypt and Ghana during the decolonization of Africa. She was also an actress, writer, director, and producer of plays, movies, and public television programs. In 1982, she was named the first Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was active in the Civil Rights Movement and worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Beginning in the 1990s, she made approximately 80 appearances a year on the lecture circuit, something she continued into her eighties. In 1993, Angelou recited her poem \"On the Pulse of Morning\" (1993) at the first inauguration of Bill Clinton, making her the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961.","picture":{"url":"https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltd5108a60cd620ec1/bltffed837d695021c9/602239aa0a9d8237b15ece9b/Maya_Angelou_Headshot.jpg","title":"Maya Angelou"}}],"related_post":[{"body":"Envision a future where you see robots integrated into the foundation of human life, that they become as common as smartphones. Robotics is a field that has a great potential to improve our lives at work, home, and play. They can be a support for learning physical as well as cognitive activities. Robots for years have helped humans do a task that was considered dangerous. Now, robotics has progressed into the exploration of unreachable environments from the depth of the ocean to deep space.
\nWith the advancement in Robotics, Robots are gradually capable enough to adapt, learn, and interact with human beings and other machines on a cognitive level. Technology has progressed so rapidly that, over the past few decades, computing has been made indispensable. Furthermore, the digitization of everything has made human life easier and more accessible. These digitizations put together with robotics assures a future that only existed in one's imagination.
\nRobots are becoming so capable that they can execute complex computations and interact with the world independently, with richer sensors and better actuators. With a future close, where robots and humans work alongside creates many new job opportunities and saves time for humans.
\nRobots first advanced in industrial fields or factories but have also come about to do simple human tasks such as mowing our lawns, milking cows, vacuuming the house, serving in restaurants, and so many other areas. In a few years, they will touch even more parts of our lives.
\nToday's robots are still quite limited. They cannot figure things out, and their communication is often simplistic. It also takes a lot of time to build new robots. The progressive adoption of robots will require integrating robots in the human world rather than integrating humans into the machine world.
\n","url":"/blog/robotics-changing-our-lives-and-future","title":"Robotics – Changing Our Lives and Future","date":"2021-02-09T08:10:18.000Z"},{"body":"The hardware and software infrastructures of various companies have continuously transformed digitally over the years. As a result, there has been a massive migration from \"on-premise\" systems to cloud deployments. Cloud computing has spurred the technologically advancing industries and continues to be the fundamental factor of an organization's infrastructure and product deployment.
\n\n\nIn simple terms, cloud computing is the process of migrating computing resources such as servers, databases, software, etc., from a local location to a remote cloud location and accessing these resources over the internet.
\nWhen we hear of cloud computing, the major cloud providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform pop into our heads. But cloud computing is not limited to just the services provided by these companies; it is much bigger than that. At its core level, cloud computing is simply a term for any computing done over the internet, from the software you use daily to the infrastructure your favorite applications run on.
\nPresently, the interdependent components that work together to facilitate cloud services form a complex system, and this system is called the cloud ecosystem. In nature, an ecosystem includes living and nonliving things that are connected to work together. In the same way, a cloud ecosystem consists of hardware and software and includes cloud customers, cloud engineers, consultants, etc.
\nA public cloud provider is at the center of a cloud ecosystem. It could be a PaaS or IaaS provider. From the center radiating are the software companies that use the cloud provider's anchor platform. It also includes consultants and companies that have an alliance with the anchor provider. Since the companies overlap to make a complex ecosystem, there is no vendor lock-in.
\nNew business models can be built using a cloud ecosystem. It is easy to analyze data on how a new change or update might affect the other parts of the system in a cloud ecosystem. Cloud services are on a pay-as-you-go basis which makes them efficient for customers. With all your resources set up in a cloud-based environment, it is easy to collaborate from anywhere in the world since these resources can be accessed over the internet, thus providing flexibility.
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