{"id":888200,"date":"2018-01-19T12:33:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T20:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/customerthink.com\/?p=888200"},"modified":"2018-01-19T12:33:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T20:33:48","slug":"not-all-ai-is-created-equal-pure-vs-pragmatic-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/customerthink.com\/not-all-ai-is-created-equal-pure-vs-pragmatic-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Not All AI is Created Equal: Pure vs. Pragmatic AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

We often see people getting first curious and then confused or even scared with the thought of artificial intelligence. This is mainly because we were first introduced to AI via science fiction \u2013 like the classic Terminator or the more recent Westworld. In the film and literary depictions of AI, you\u2019ll find that most of them are either indistinguishable from humans or even shown to be better than humans. This naturally generates the awe and fear around AI.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve also read many news articles about the jobs that will be taken over by AI in the future and how humans will become obsolete. Whether we believe it or not, we all agree that the buzz around AI is ever increasing and it\u2019s very difficult to separate signal from noise. So before you make up your mind on whether to embrace AI or stay away from it, we would like to help you understand different types of AI and clear some basic facts.<\/p>\n

PURE VS. PRAGMATIC AI<\/strong>
\nJust like all other types of technology that received its fair share of hype, AI too comes in all shapes and sizes. The simplest way to look at is to categorize the applications into two buckets \u2013 Pure (or General) AI and Pragmatic (or Narrow) AI.<\/p>\n

Pure AI is described as building machines that have equal or superior intellectual abilities than humans who created them and are indistinguishable from humans. Pure AI is believed to be able to learn, predict and adapt to situations on its own.<\/p>\n