Artificial intelligence: A lifesaver? –

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Artificial intelligence. The doomsday and Skynet technology that not only forces us to pay an arm and a leg if we want to upgrade our computer’s RAM, but is also the technology that risks completely destroying the beauty of the gaming world. But is that really the case in reality? Are we afraid of something that is actually more of a nuisance than a genuine danger? I don’t know and I don’t have the answers, because what I do is more a form of video-game-oriented bloke speculation than high-quality, statistics-based research. But you shouldn’t dismiss the whole business of blokes speculating about things.

And no, I know I’m not the first to bring this up, and that this topic is basically well and truly over-discussed by now. That doesn’t change the fact, however, that it’s more relevant than ever, given everything to do with Asha Sharma, Xbox Helix and component prices that are skyrocketing (seriously).

I believe AI is here to stay. We’re going to have to live with it now; there’s really no doubt about it. If you can incorporate an AI that does the job as well as or better than a human, that decision will be made as long as it saves money. All well and good about innovation and hurrah-hurrah, but ultimately it’s economics that matters to the bigwigs around the boardroom tables. It feels – unfortunately – like a fact we can’t escape, and even though I absolutely believe the AI bubble will burst, it’s a reality we’ll have to get used to.

Asha Sharma caused the entire gaming world to express concern in unison because of her background in the AI industry. // Microsoft

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The bubble, yes! It’ll probably deflate a bit once demand starts to wane. Just as the IT sector survived a rough patch, so too will the AI sector. Hopefully, this will lead to less hype and cheaper components, though. Artificial intelligence is, after all, an industry EVERYONE wants a piece of, but the pie simply won’t be big enough in the end, and then we’ll most…

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