The document outlines 13 remarkable capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI), highlighting its presence in various fields such as text summarization, creative writing, machine vision, sound analysis, and more. It emphasizes how AI can perform tasks ranging from detecting gunshots and scheduling appointments to analyzing emotions and even creating art. Additionally, it raises intriguing questions about the future potential of AI if these skills were to be integrated into a 'super' AI.

1. 13 Mind-Blowing Things
Artificial Intelligence
Can Already Do Today

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By now, most of us are aware of artificial intelligence (AI) being an increasingly
present part of our everyday lives. But, many of us would
be quite surprised to learn of some of the skills AI already knows how
to do. Here are 13 mind-blowing skills artificial intelligence can already do
today.
13 Mind-Blowing Things Artificial Intelligence
Can Already Do Today

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Read
Is one of your wishes to save time by only having to pay attention
to the salient points of communication? Your wish has come true
with artificial intelligence-powered SummarizeBot.
Whether it's news articles, weblinks, books, emails, legal documents, audio and
image files, and more, automatic text summarization
by artificial intelligence and machine learning reads communication and reports
back the essential information. Currently, SummarizeBot
can be used in Facebook Messenger or Slack and relies on natural language
processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technologies.

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Write
Would you believe that along with professional journalists, news
organizations such as The New York Times, Washington Post,
Reuters, and more rely on artificial intelligence to write?
They do, and although this does include many "who, what, where,
when, and how" formulaic pieces, AI is able to expand beyond this to more
creative writing as well. Many marketers are turning to artificial intelligence to
craft their social media posts. Even a novel has even been generated by artificial
intelligence that was short-listed
for an award.

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See
Machine vision is when computers can “see” the world, analyze
visual data, and make decisions about it. There are so many
amazing ways machine vision is used today, including enabling
self-driving cars, facial recognition for police work, payment
portals, and more.
In manufacturing, the ability for machines to see helps in predictive
maintenance and product quality control.

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Hear and understand
Did you know artificial intelligence is able to detect gunshots,
analyze the sound, and then alert relevant agencies? This is one of
the mind-blowing things AI can do when it hears and understands
sounds.
And who can refute the helpfulness of digital voice assistants to respond to your
queries whether you want a weather report or your day's agenda? Business
professionals love the convenience, efficiency, and accuracy provided by AI
through automated meeting minutes.

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Speak
Artificial intelligence can also speak.
While it’s helpful (and fun) to have Alexa and Google Maps
respond to your queries and give you directions, Google Duplex
takes it one step further and uses AI to schedule
appointments and complete tasks over the phone in very conversational
language. It can respond accurately to the responses given by the humans it’s
talking to as well.

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Smell
There are artificial intelligence researchers who are currently
developing AI models that will be able to detect illnesses—just by
smelling a human's breath. It can detect chemicals called
aldehydes that are associated with human illnesses and stress,
including cancer, diabetes, brain injuries, and
detecting the "woody, musky odor" emitted from Parkinson's disease even
before any other symptoms are identified.
Artificially intelligent bots could identify gas leaks or other caustic chemicals, as
well. IBM is even using AI to develop new perfumes.

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Touch
Using sensors and cameras, there's a robot that can identify
"supermarket ripe" raspberries and even pick them and place them
into a basket! Its creator says that it will eventually be able to pick
one raspberry every 10 seconds for 20 hours a day! The next step
for AI tactile development is to link touch with other senses.

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Move
Artificial intelligence propels all kinds of movement from
autonomous vehicles to drones to robots. The Alter 3 production
at Tokyo’s New National Theatre features robots that can generate
motion autonomously.

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Understand emotions
Market research is being aided by AI tools that track a person’s
emotions as they watch videos. Artificial emotional intelligence can
gather data from a person's facial expressions, body language, and
more, analyze it against
an emotion database to determine what emotion is likely being
expressed, and then determine an action based
on that info.

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Play games
It's not all serious business with artificial intelligence—it can learn
to play games such as chess, Go, and poker (which was an
incredible feat)! And, turns out that AI can learn
to play these games plus compete and even beat humans at them!

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Debate
IBM’s Project Debater showed us that artificial intelligence can
even be successful at debating humans in complex subjects. Not
only is it able to research a topic, but it can also create an
engaging point of view and craft rebuttals against a human
opponent.

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Create
Artificial intelligence can even master creative processes, including
making visual art, writing poetry, composing music, and taking
photographs. Google's AI was even able
to create its own AI “child”—that outperformed human-made
counterparts.

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Read your mind
This is truly mind-boggling—AI that can read your mind! It can
interpret brain signals and then create speech. Impressive and life-
changing for those with speech impairment, but a little bit
unnerving when you consider the mind-reading aspect of the skill.
It's no surprise that some of the biggest tech giants, including Facebook and
Elon Musk have their own projects underway to capitalize on AI's mind-reading
potential.

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13 Mind-Blowing Things Artificial Intelligence Can
Already Do Today
Now imagine if these 13 mind-blowing skills were all combined into one super
artificial intelligence! Frightening or exhilarating? That’s up to you to decide, but
I think we can all agree, it would be mind-blowing!

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Bernard Marr is an internationally best-selling author, popular keynote speaker, futurist, and a
strategic business & technology advisor to governments and companies. He helps
organisations improve their business performance, use data more intelligently, and
understand the implications of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data,
blockchains, and the Internet of Things.
LinkedIn has ranked Bernard as one of the world’s top 5 business influencers. He is a frequent
contributor to the World Economic Forum and writes a regular column for Forbes. Every day
Bernard actively engages his 1.5 million social media followers and shares content that
reaches millions of readers.
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