Context
IIT Jodhpur’s New Centre for Generative AI Set to Drive Open-Source Innovation In India
About Generative AI:
- Refers to deep-learning models that generate high-quality text, images, and other content based on training data.
- Produces realistic and complex content that mimics human creativity.
- Used in industries like gaming, entertainment, and product design.
- Generative AI Tools:
- Chat GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer)
- Midjourney
- DALL-E
- DeepBrain
- Synthesia
- Bing Chat
- Bard
Categories of AI
| Categories of AI | Description | Examples | Key Characteristics |
| Weak AI / Narrow AI | AI limited to specific tasks; simulates human cognition in a narrow area. | Chess-playing AI, Siri, Alexa | Specializes in a single domain or task; lacks generalization. |
| Strong AI | AI that performs tasks considered human-like; complex and can solve problems independently. | Self-driving cars, advanced robots | Can perform human-like tasks without human intervention. |
Types of AI
| Type of AI | Description | Examples | Key Characteristics |
| Reactive AI | Uses algorithms to optimize outputs based on inputs; cannot learn or adapt to new situations. | Chess-playing AI, early game AIs | Static, produces the same output for identical inputs. |
| Limited Memory AI | Can learn from past experiences and update itself based on new data, but memory is short and updates are limited. | Autonomous vehicles | Learns and adapts based on observations and past experiences. |
| Theory-of-mind AI | Highly adaptive, capable of learning and retaining past experiences; could pass the Turing Test. | Advanced chatbots | Extensive memory and learning capabilities, interacts human-like. |
| Self-aware AI | Hypothetical AI that is sentient and conscious of its own existence. | Still in science fiction | Capable of self-awareness, emotions, and independent thinking. |
Source: NDTV
Previous Year Question
In the context of digital technologies for entertainment, consider the following statements:
1. In Augmented Reality (AR), a simulated environment is created and the physical world is completely shut out.
2. In Virtual Reality (VR), images generated from a computer are projected onto real-life objects or surroundings.
3. AR allows individuals to be present in the world and improves the experience using the camera of smart-phones or PC.
4. VR closes the world, and transposes an individual, providing complete immersion experience.
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2019 Prelims]
(a)1 and 2 only
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 4 only
Answer: (b)
