Research Paper on:
The Controversy of Artificial Intelligence

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the idea and envision future benefits generated from the idea that may be advantageous to the being and function of society" (Anonymous Artificial Intelligence and Society, 2002; Team5). This is  quite obviously the case with many things, many new scientific and technological advances, today. And, this is perhaps especially the case with Artificial Intelligence, or AI. In the following paper  we first examine some of the history of artificial intelligence and then discuss the controversial implications for society. A Discussion of Artificial Intelligence "Artificial intelligence (AI) has been  one of the most controversial domains of inquiry in computer science since it was first proposed in the 1950s. Defined as the part of computer science concerned with designing systems  that exhibit the characteristics associated with human intelligence--understanding language, learning, reasoning, solving problems, and so on (Barr and Feigenbaum, 1981)--the field has attracted researchers because of its ambitious goals and  enormous underlying intellectual challenges" (Anonymous Funding a Revolution, 2002; ch9.html). As can be easily understood, the study of artificial intelligence has been controversial due to its social, ethical, and philosophical  possibilities. In terms of development and research, "AI research is conducted by a range of scientists and technologists with varying perspectives, interests, and motivations. Scientists tend to be interested  in understanding the underlying basis of intelligence and cognition, some with an emphasis on unraveling the mysteries of human thought and others examining intelligence more broadly" (Anonymous Funding a Revolution,  2002; ch9.html). On the other hand we have researchers who are more geared towards engineering aspects and they "are interested in building systems that behave intelligently. Some attempt to build  systems using techniques analogous to those used by humans, whereas others apply a range of techniques adopted from fields such as information theory, electrical engineering, statistics, and pattern recognition" (Anonymous