AI May Exceed Human Intelligence: Dr Acharya

Hyderabad, Feb.28 (Maxim News): ‘The emergence of Artificial intelligence (AI) has led to applications which are now having a profound impact on our lives. It can simulate the information process of human consciousness and thinking. AI is not human intelligence, but it can be like human thinking, and it may exceed human intelligence’ said Dr. Amit Acharya, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad.

He graced as chief guest and keynote speaker for the two-day ‘AI-IoT Conclave’, being organized by Department of EECE, School of Technology, GITAM Deemed-to-be University here, which commenced today.

‘The theory and technology of AI have become more and more mature, and the application fields have been expanding. It is conceivable that the technological products

brought by artificial intelligence in the future will be the “container” of human wisdom’ he explained. Dr. Amit mainly focused on VLSI for AI and IoT. He described many of his research works in this area like health care, missile technology etc. by showing the PPT. The IIT professor suggested reading their research papers published in Nature, Royal Society, IEEE journal etc.

Pinaki Laskar, CEO & Founder, FishEyeBox participated as guest of honor and strongly suggested that by using AI & IoT the researchers have addressed the problems facing the society. Another guest of honor, Amarendar Katakam, CEO & Founder, SmartBridge, advised continuous learning and updating day-to-day emerging technology. He suggested reading the various blogs on AI & IoT, regular participation in Meet-up groups and taking up the projects to get hands-on experience.

Earlier, Prof. K. Manjunatha Chary, HoD, EECE Department explained the objectives of this conclave and Prof. P. Trinadha Rao, Professor, EECE welcomed the guests and participants. Masood Ahmed, Convenor of the conclave proposed the vote of thanks. This conclave will be continued tomorrow.(Maxim News)