Salt Lake City, Utah — Simple two letters: AI.
When connected to search engines, they’re populated with articles, blog posts, podcasts, social media posts, and other information promoting cutting-edge advances in artificial intelligence, with dire warnings of misuse.
While it’s nearly impossible to ignore the hype around AI, there are still many questions: “What is AI?” what is it for? How will it affect my life?
It’s a bit hard to simplify, but one thing is certain: it will and probably already has an impact on your life.
“It affects every industry, every job,” said Jepson Taylor, AI strategist at Park City-based Data IQ.
Having worked in the AI industry for the past 20 years, Taylor recognizes the importance of human expertise and experience, and believes that rather than working in isolation, AI learns from the collective experience of human input. I am making it clear.
“[AI] It didn’t do it by itself,” Taylor explained. “We’ve consumed all our experience to make it happen. Ultimately you’re the composer. You’re the expert. AI is just an enabler. It’s a catalyst. It makes you faster.” It’s an accelerator for movement.”
How we are already using AI
Speaking of faster, there are several ways artificial intelligence is already impacting our daily lives.
Are you analyzing traffic patterns to estimate how long it will take to get from point A to point B? You’re using AI.
Autocomplete for text messages and emails: AI too.
Unlock your phone with your face.
Pop-up ads targeting your favorite brands.
car autopilot.
voice recognition.
Credit card fraud detection.
Okay – it can all be attributed to AI.
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Like the healthcare sector, we are transforming industries, increasing productivity and driving innovation.
Physicians like Dr. Jonathan Tward, an oncologist at Huntsman Cancer Institute, are excited about what AI can do in cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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“We now have highly accurate AI tests that not only give us a better idea of how likely our cancer is to spread after treatment, but also the drugs that are normally used by many people on a daily basis. You can literally know if it works, it just works or it doesn’t,” Tward said. “We are talking about personalized medicine.”
Personalized medicine frees up health professionals for other tasks by analyzing vast amounts of medical data and delivering near-instantaneous results and treatments.
AI is also a game changer and is used in games.
The Salt Lake Bees Minor League Baseball team officially uses AI to call balls and strikes four days a week.
“Pitchers love it, hitters love it,” Bees president and general manager Mark Amicone enthused.
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There are a dozen or so cameras on the field, trained at home base, whose sole purpose is to spot strike zones that are sometimes questionable.
“We have people watching every pitch so they can know it right away before the umpire knows,” Amicone said. “Get up and show me a ball or a strike.”
A small black box on the umpire’s belt is connected to the receiver and gives immediate verdicts.
A technology test here in Salt Lake City will have a bigger impact on Major League Baseball, the league told KSL. We hope to use this season’s testing in Triple-A to move forward on these issues in a highly competitive environment. ”
Locally, this means fewer arguments with authorities.
“If we have the ability to do it right, we should try to do it right,” Amicone said.
The Implicit Future of AI
But whenever something is made to be right, it can also create a lot of mistakes.
Darrin Gates, an adjunct professor of philosophy at BYU, said AI is already being used for more nefarious purposes.
“Concerns center around fraud, fabrication and plagiarism, as well as deepfakes and more criminal aspects,” Gates said.
Biased algorithms leading to workplace discrimination in employment practices, data privacy breaches, and cybersecurity breaches are just a few of the ways AI is seen in a darker light.
It is also used to make videos and audio recordings intended to mimic real people.
“I think this audio deepfake technology is particularly concerning because it can take a sample of your voice, and they can produce something that sounds just like you,” Gates said. I was.
The future of AI is still unknown, but fears that robots will replace jobs may be more myth than reality.
Linda Crag Illin is the founder and CEO of an AI business based in Park City. She understands how artificial intelligence can replace the hectic tasks of writing, research, finance, and graphic design for her.
Some jobs may disappear, but more importantly, she said, is how AI can free employees from menial tasks to focus on more interesting work.
“You may have heard that AI mimics the human brain,” Kraguaylin says. “Really, it’s just mimicking the way we construct patterns.”
It’s the pattern imitation part that can improve an employee’s skill set, she says.
In one case, we witnessed a customer service agent with a learning disability using AI to perform more complex, high-paying jobs.
“They decided to try our technology with him, and within two days he was up and running,” she said. “Made him happy and made his employer happy.”
As a matter of fact, this technology will continue to transform the world as we know it.
Even journalism will change. In addition to the hours of interviews and research that KSL did for this story, including the transcription of the interviews and his use of ChatGPT to help write the script, some of it was done in seconds thanks to his AI. Did.
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