Current and Future Applications

AI and machine learning are now embedded in many common consumer products and services:

• Smartphone assistants like Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant

• Image recognition and organisation in apps like Google Photos

• Predictive text typing suggestions

• Recommender systems providing personalised suggestions

• Self-driving and driver assistance car technologies

• Disease risk screening and medical diagnosis support

In the coming decades, AI could replicate more complex creative and contextual human skills previously thought impossible:

• Natural conversational ability

• Producing original art, music, literature

• Advanced strategic planning and decision making

• High-level physical dexterity and movement

Ethical considerations around data, bias, transparency, and impact on jobs and society will be crucial in guiding the continued advancement of AI technologies.