There are several examples of technologies that have transformed the world, which can be identified for a specific reason: we use them on a daily basis, usually in different ways and at different times, even without being fully aware of it.

Oil, sugar, internet, smartphones, religion and water are just a few cases. However, the favorite one to explain the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is electricity. This analogy begins by asking the following questions: What objects around me run on electricity? Before those objects had electricity, were there analogous objects that ran without electricity?

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Take a door, for example. There are doors with electricity that provide numerous benefits, such as remote opening, the incorporation of buzzers for better notification of someone’s arrival, the possibility of having cameras to record or view the other side, and other features you can imagine. When considering this, the question arises: why do doors without electricity still exist?

For about 140 years, mankind has wondered how to make things better by adding electricity to them. An electric axe saves time and effort when cutting down a tree (advent of electric saws!), a horse with electricity would be faster (advent of automobiles!), an e-book allows me to read any content at any time (advent of tablets!), an electric oven heats food quickly (advent of microwave ovens!).

In fact, many applications of electricity have yet to become widespread: clothes with electricity that monitor health, shoes with electricity for faster and easier movement, plants with electricity for better control of production, and so on.

As an exercise, we can apply the same principle to the Internet: think about what things are not connected to the network and how they would improve if they were. You’ll find this exercise fascinating: smart elevators, refrigerators connected to the store, businesses integrated with your cell phone, clothes connected to your health system, and more. We have given this exciting concept a name: the Internet of Things (IoT).

Now here comes Artificial Intelligence, and the first exercise in understanding and dreaming about this technology is to ask ourselves: What would change if we were to incorporate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the objects around us? How could they improve and transform our lives?

For example, what would happen if we added Artificial Intelligence (AI) to a toy? Imagine that it enhances interaction by becoming an educational object, a playmate, or even a rival that helps you overcome limits.

Or what if a car had Artificial Intelligence (AI), becoming a built-in driver capable of offering services and proposing leisure activities during the commute between your home and work? And what if we added Artificial Intelligence (AI) to a suitcase? maybe nothing, it might not be a good idea, but it’s worth thinking about it before discarding it!

The improvements I can get in my life by adding Artificial Intelligence (AI) to what surrounds me are mind-blowing and yet it is not the best part of what is going to happen, because thinking only about specific and isolated solutions does not allow you to see the power of a new technology. The best happens when you change an entire company or an entire system by applying the new technology.

For example, the power of electricity did not come with specific applications such as the light bulb, the telegraph, or equipment with motors; electricity changed the world when it replaced factories that operated with steam boilers since it allowed different designs, which improved production times and spaces. This is the idea that I will develop in my next column.

See you in 8 days, but in the meantime think about what would happen if you put Artificial Intelligence (AI) to everything around you!

Note: This article was proofread by ChatGPT.

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