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Main article templates

Shouldn't there be main article templates next to Natural language processing, Perception, General intelligence and other sectoins? Wiktorpyk (talk) 13:58, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's not always clear which is better, a simple inline link or the "main article" template. No strong opinion here. Alenoach (talk) 20:14, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Define organizational performance 41.220.25.38 (talk) 02:51, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Outdated content

Many techniques have become outdated or less relevant with the onset of GPT models. Notably, the subsection "Knowledge representation" may be confusing about how modern AI works, and may need to be condensed. Alenoach (talk) 05:39, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add Human Resource in the Applications

Suggested Edit

I propose adding the following content to the "Applications" section of this article:

"Artificial Intelligence is increasingly used in Human Resources for talent acquisition, employee engagement, and performance management. AI-powered tools help automate resume screening, predict employee attrition, and personalize employee training programs, improving efficiency and reducing human bias in decision-making."

Source: [McKinsey AI in Talent Management Report](https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-work/how-ai-is-changing-talent-management)

Rohan Mehra Rohanmehra13 (talk) 06:41, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your proposition seems fine. Alenoach (talk) 21:52, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the URL doesn't work, maybe the source has been removed or renamed in the meantime. Alenoach (talk) 21:55, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add a new paragraph under Applications>Games

I propose adding the following content as a new paragraph to the "Games" subsection under "Applications":

With the advent of generative AI, AI is not only involved in games from the perspective of the player, but also becomes an important part of game production. In 2023, the term "AI-Native games" was coined to describe a game where "GenAI is not just a feature but is fundamental to the game's existence and mechanism"^[1]. One example is 1001 Nights^[2], a creative narrative gameplay based on conversational AI, whose demo was released on Steam in October 2024^[3]. The game's art assets are all created by human artists, and AI generates text content that interacts with the player in real-time^[4].5.151.90.130 (talk) 17:53, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification for 'In Fiction' Section

It would be great if there could be a bit more in-depth clarification of how Shelley's Frankentstein relates to AI by drawing more parallel.

I also propose adding Donna Harraway's The Cyborg Manifesto to the section, which discusses a techno-utopian view of sentient machines from a feminist perspective. But clarification will need to be made that this isn't about AI, but a potential theoretical framework that could be applied to understanding humans' fear of machinery and proposed perspectives on exploring this fear. 148.252.141.194 (talk) 11:07, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Citations under 'Ethics>Misinformation' Section

Saw that citations were needed to support the text: "The AI program had correctly learned to maximize its goal, but the result was harmful to society. After the U.S. election in 2016, major technology companies took steps to mitigate the problem".

I found these two articles covering the topic and have checked on the Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources page to confirm both as 'generally reliable' so inputting them here for consideration. The articles are from CNN and Financial Times.

Facebook, Twitter and Google failed to protect the 2016 election. Now they want to prove they’ve learned their lesson; World’s biggest tech companies pledge to fight AI-created election ‘deepfakes’ Miekeroni700 (talk) 12:24, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Inclusion of the "influence" of AI in performance arts, literature and cinema as a separate section?

A few recent examples that warrant a deeper discourse on the topic:

1. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/19/harpercollins-tech-firms-books-train-ai-models-nonfiction-artificial-intelligence 2. https://www.uktech.news/ai/papercup-funding-16m-20220610 3. https://www.dtnext.in/news/cinema/yuvan-brings-back-bhavatharini-to-life-with-ai-in-the-goat-790358 Gaia1811 (talk) 18:37, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Citation in "Power Needs and Environmental Impacts"

Citations may be useful in the following section:

"Prodigious power consumption by AI is responsible for the growth of fossil fuels use, and might delay closings of obsolete, carbon-emitting coal energy facilities. There is a feverish rise in the construction of data centers throughout the US, making large technology firms (e.g., Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon) into voracious consumers of electric power. Projected electric consumption is so immense that there is concern that it will be fulfilled no matter the source."

The decorative and almost exaggerated language ("prodigious", "feverish" and "voracious") may require this section to be backed up with citations to ensure readers understand how quickly power consumption is increasing due to AI.

Since this section is linked to another article, I suggest that a citation or amendment be placed next to "there is concern that it will be fulfilled no matter the source", since that comes across as a personal opinion rather than a prominent industry view.

Using the source below, I would maybe amend it to "projected electric consumption is so immense that there is concern that it will soon reach "mission critical", becoming impossible to sustain without leeching from other industries." I'm not quite sure if that reads well, but I hope that gets my thoughts across!

Source suggesting that AI electric consumption is reaching "mission critical": https://www.forbes.com/sites/bethkindig/2024/06/20/ai-power-consumption-rapidly-becoming-mission-critical/

Sources for the rise in construction of data centres in the US: https://datacentremagazine.com/critical-environments/north-america-data-centre-construction-surges-due-to-ai InklEng (talk) 21:49, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Even though the power needs are indeed immense, I think the paragraph should be reworked for adopting a more encyclopedic tone. And it should focus more on presenting facts and statistics.

About your proposed amendment, I suggest avoiding categorical words like "impossible" and using instead something more like "unlikely". I'm also not sure people will understand what "mission critical" means. If you can find what the projection is, for example in percentage, a phrasing like this may be good: "Electric consumption is projected to grow by [...], which is unlikely to be sustained without leeching from other industries." Alenoach (talk) 03:21, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Addition of Edge AI section or paragraph

There is no mention of Edge AI despite it breaking through to end users (eg. Intel's "AI PC", powered by Intel Core Ultra Processors) as well as massive projected growth, with the market "expected to reach USD 143.6 Billion by 2032" compared to its "2023 value of USD 19.1 Billion" (Wevolver & tinyML, 2024).

I'd suggest adding a section or paragraph discussing the topic – while there is an Edge Computing Wiki page, the information is scarce and primarily focuses on the challenges of edge computing. A short section on Edge AI would work very well here, with a hyperlink to the Edge Computing page where the topic could be expanded on. Pandan08 (talk) 23:23, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You could indeed add a paragraph in "Other industry-specific tasks". Or a small subsection in the "Applications" section on Edge AI.

If you do so, start by explaining what Edge AI is, perhaps also briefly mentioning how it's different from having centralized servers. I'm not sure if the topic is very notable, so I would suggest not adding more than a few sentences. Alenoach (talk) 03:43, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Addition of positive notes in the Applications > Other industry-specific tasks section

In the 'Ethics > Privacy and Copyright' section, there is no mention of the positive ways in which authors can use AI in their work. The Publishers Association issued a report in collaboration with Frontier Economics [1] where they highlight the potential benefits of AI on the UK's publishing industry. These include market prediction, conducting routine search and summarising insights, which would free up the authors and researchers' time to focus on the value-adding side of the job.

Tools like Writefull or Paperpal, for example, offer benefits to authors whose first languange isn't English. Others such as Jasper, Trinka and ProWriting can help academics with paraphrasing and summarising [2].

As the Society of Authors explains, it is important to make sure there is a clear safeguarding wording in contracts and a much better protection around IP [3]. However, AI should not be seen solely as an enemy. 08:47, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Why British English?

Artificial intelligence seems to be more studied, made, including its history, in the United States compared to Britain. Perhaps this article should use American English? KyleSirTalksAlot (talk) 03:34, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Retaining the existing variety, English varieties of articles should not be changed without good reason. This topic doesn't have strong ties to any individual English-speaking country in particular, so Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Strong national ties to a topic wouldn't apply. ObserveOwl (talk) 03:26, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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[2] ttps://www.1001nights.ai/

[3] ttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2542850/1001_Nights/

[4] ttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2542850/1001_Nights/

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