[ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 1 | February 18, 2019 | ISSN 0975-3036]
The OUP ELT team has published an article on ‘Artificial Intelligence’. It’s a must read for all educators.
OUP team writes, “Artificial Intelligence (AI) has actually been around for decades. But only recently has it become an accessible tool for day-to-day tasks on our smartphones, picking strawberries, predicting crimes, and even English Language Teaching!
What is Artificial Intelligence?
A good working definition, which applies to the general understanding of AI, is Artificial Intelligence involves machines or computers that work and react like humans do.
The AI that is prevalent in current technology is what we’d call Narrow AI. That is to say it has a narrow focus and is very good at one or two jobs. For example, Shazam is very good at letting you know what song is playing, by listening to a snippet of the music, but it can’t tell you how many tickets are left for the theatre tomorrow night, or how tall Charles de Gaulle was”.
Read full article on the link below.