been a developer you will know we don ’ t remember everything we worked on five years ago . With AI we have an opportunity to build an assistance to us and ensure we can create software better , safer , faster and learn from our mistakes .”
So , what about the fears that some have around the potential threat posed by AI in the future ? “ There ’ s a lot of scaremongering going on out there which I think I ’ d blame a little bit on Elon and his followers . I like him but I think what he means to say is that too much intelligence should not lie in the hands of a few . I suspect that ’ s what he ’ s insinuating ,” says Rai . “ Essentially AI is a powerful technique and it can be used to make our lives better . AI should be , and is , used in medicine to find cures and for diagnostics . I think that ’ s the first most useful application of it . It ’ s not just applicable for computer programming but for the medical industry , big data , the automotive industry and IoT . The next leap for this technology will be prescriptive AI .”
The future Looking ahead , Rai is certain that
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