How We Can Bring Artificial Intelligence Personalities to Life

Gone are the days of hard coding computer assistants for days. Today, you can access a Jarvis like AI assistant at your fingertips. We all can see Siri, Alexa, Sophia, and a plethora of other AI personalities everywhere. Furthermore, researchers and companies are working on exciting ways to create new and intelligent characters. Before proceeding further, let us take a look at a fundamental question.

How far are we from a perfect Artificial Intelligence Personalities ?

We’re using Alexa and Siri every day, and they are efficient to some extent. However, you can’t label them as ‘intelligent.’ They can play songs, blabber jokes, and might as well throw a couple of dialogues, but they’re not intelligent.

However, we’re on the verge of developing an Artificial Intelligence personality that will be available for common people. The most widely known example is that of Sophia. Her intelligence got her the citizenship of Saudi Arabia! Furthermore, you can expect it to be in the mainstream within five years.

How are they Different from Us?

AI assistants and humanoids are inherently different from humans. That is the main reason why people rely on machine learning personality. Here are some basic differences between both the entities.

• Unlike humans, AI does not have emotions.
• AI is way more robust, and the concept of patience is inexistent.
• AI has a defined purpose - to serve us. Whereas, a lack of purpose gives us existential crises.
• Machines perceive things differently. They don’t have a moral bias.

But, How Can You Create One?

These differences are strong enough to create an Artificial Intelligence personality for people. But, first, we need to create an AI persona. Let us dig deeper into this question. You need to program your AI in order to process the input. However, the non-technical aspects hold equal importance in development.

Firstly, while designing AI personalities, you need to scrape off your own bias. As mentioned in the differences, you need to think like a machine. Your answer to the potential questions must be neutral, and the rationale behind it must be emotionless.

In addition to this, you must also design the AI to tackle a wide range of questions. Humans are weird creatures. We’re curious as well as mysterious at the same time. AI assistants have to listen to questions ranging from ‘meaning of existence’ to stupid queries.

Moreover, a good Artificial Intelligence personality must cater to the needs of people across the globe. Therefore, you need to select sentences that are common around the world. It will create a sense of familiarity in the mind of users.

By adhering to these points, one can combine it with mechanical parts and bring an AI persona to life.

Our Takeaway on this Notion

Researchers are working on a new concept, which Mariana Lin likes to call ‘self’ AI. However, it is a little bit scarier concept. That is because one can customize it to individual needs. We need to keep a check on these developments to secure our future.

Using an Artificial Intelligence personality is feasible until we customize it by restricting its ideas. ‘Self’ AI is dangerous for us because it stops us from interacting with other perspectives. Therefore, controlled development is the need of the hour, which might lead to a brighter future.

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