Section 3 : Other applications and the future of AI

Commentary

Section Goals

• To explore the state-of-the-art and potential AI applications in an area of your interest, and to imagine and discuss the future of AI.

Learning Objectives

Learning Objective 1

• Outline the key problems in the area of your choice, and explore how AI can be applied to the area to help it reach higher standards.
• Name the future applications of AI, and discuss the prospective achievements of AI in the near future.

Objective Readings

Required readings:

Reading topics:

(See 'Unit Readings' for information on where to look for the following topics)

Topics relevant to modeling, designing, and upgrading the software tools in the area of your choice, relating to the application of possible AI techniques. Topics on the future of AI, and possibly computer science.

Objective Questions

• If AI has not yet been applied to the area of your choice, can you identify the reason why this may be?
• What is your prediction for the development of AI in the next twenty years? Why?

Objective Activities

• Explore the opinions of AI's future from different perspectives, such as philosophy, psychology, biology, mathematics, linguistics, and technology, with the other students in the course conference.