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AI in 2024: What Lies Ahead - Part 1

16-July-2024
AI in 2024: What Lies Ahead - Part 1
Author: Eggfirst

Introduction

Ever since Artificial Intelligence (AI) came into existence, it has been drastically changing our lives and also the way industries have been functioning. The year 2024 will further see AI playing a significant role in shaping our future by launching new tools, trends, statistics from top companies, and advanced technologies. In this blog, we’ll see the current state of AI, the tools that make it work, and the progress AI has made, globally.

Growth of AI in Rural Areas

AI has changed the lives of rural people in more ways than one. Here are the influences and possibilities of AI in rural areas.

  1. Precision Agriculture

    AI ensures that farmers attain high crop yields using fewer resources. Farmers use sensors, drones, and advanced artificial intelligence software to decide the appropriate time to plant, irrigate, and apply fertilizers. This improves agricultural productivity and reduces the negative impact on the environment.

  2. Improved Connections in Rural Areas

    In rural locations, AI programs are used to improve network infrastructures such that people can have significant information resources for schools, clinics, and wealth creation.

  3. Healthcare in Remote Areas

    AI-enabled telemedicine tools and diagnostics are necessary for fast medical consultations and identifying diseases, mainly in non-central regions where healthcare centers and specialists are rarely found.

  4. Education and Skill Enhancement

    In rural areas, artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to improve the quality of education by providing access to online schools and computer programs, leading to personalized learning in remote locations.

  5. Sustainable Energy Utilization

    AI plays an important role in rural regions by upgrading the usage of renewable energy resources like solar and wind energy, helping in achieving self-sufficiency in energy and decreasing the dependency on fossil fuels.

Tools Used in AI Development

AI has changed the lives of rural people in more ways than one. Here are the influences and possibilities of AI in rural areas.

  1. GPT-4: The improved version of OpenAI's language model, GPT-4, is considered the most flexible language model in this series. Improved computing workflow algorithms enable the model to display human levels of intellectual responses. It helps in the generation of human-like text, creative writing, and the delivery of professional services ranging from coding to legal research.

  2. TensorFlow 3.0: Google has represented the next version of the popular deep learning framework TensorFlow, which opens the source itself. They claim that it gives a ten-time increase in speed, includes deep learning frameworks, and offers easy model deployment; hence, it will be the must-have tool in AI development.

  3. PyTorch Lightning: PyLens, which is an upgrade from PyTorch, is a tool that gives a basic introduction to deep learning. The newly redesigned system has background management that allows the developer to break and fix any part of the system without affecting the rest of it. Its modular design additionally endorses AI research’s capability of scalability and reproducibility.

  4. IBM Watson: IBM proudly presents Watson, which continues to be the first to provide intelligence AI solutions for a myriad of business purposes, including business intelligence, natural language processing, and healthcare diagnostics. Its integration skills enable companies to make amazing use of AI's powers.

  5. Hugging Face Transformers: This library has become a key component for NLP tasks to the point where it allows developers to employ the latest pre-trained models, such as translation, summarization, and question-answering.

Country Statistics

Country Total investment in last 5 years (millions USD) Investment in the past 5 years (per $1,000 of GDP) Investment compared to US investment (per $1,000 GDP)
US $ 328,548 $ 12.90 $ 100%
China $ 132,665 $ 7.39 $ 57.24%
UK $ 25,541 $ 8.32 $ 64.46%
India $ 16,147 $ 4.77 $ 36.97%
Canada $ 12,457 $ 5.82 $ 45.12%
South Korea $ 10,348 $ 6.21 $ 48.16%
  1. United States: According to the latest report, it is estimated that the AI market in the US is expected to reach $300 billion by 2025. By funding several big AI firms and government initiatives, the United States remains at the forefront of AI research and growth.

  2. China: China aims to become the global leader in AI by 2030, with an estimated market value of $150 billion. China has rapidly grown due to its strong government support and successful IT sectors.

  3. United Kingdom: The EU focuses on ethical AI development and regulation. The European Commission has come up with a proposal for a €20 billion yearly investment in AI to ensure its competitiveness and compliance with ethical standards.

  4. Japan: The country's AI market space is expected to multiply by 5 to $20 billion by 2025; this growth will focus on the passage of robotics, healthcare, and manufacturing. Japan uses AI to solve problems like social issues that arise because of the growing population.

  5. India: India is expected to improve its AI market value at a 30% CAGR between 2020 to 2025, reaching a $10 billion valuation by 2025. India has begun to position itself as an important player in the AI space with the National AI Strategy.


Conclusion

In 2024, artificial intelligence will grow rapidly with the tools and investments made by leading countries. The tools mentioned are expanding AI’s capabilities, while the country statistics show both cooperative and competitive efforts in AI research and development. These advanced technologies continue to move ahead and evolve various industries, economies, and our daily lives.

Artificial Intelligence describes the imitation of human cognitive functions by machines, primarily computer systems. The processing executes learning, rationalization, and self-correction.

Artificial intelligence is a field that involves the creation of programs that can carry out tasks that normally require human involvement. Its main goal is to enable machines to behave like human beings. It is not about creating machines with human intelligence but making artificial intelligence systems develop the capability to carry out tasks that might require human intelligence.

AI will automate many tasks but it will also create new job opportunities that require different skills.

Concerns of morality pertain to privacy matters, potential partialities in the decisions made as well as the importance of fairness, openness, and trustworthiness on the part of AI mechanisms.

AI in the future will mean improvements in various sectors including healthcare, finance, and transportation, all this to build generic AI systems and ensure their ethical use.