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Rise of the machines


Advances in artifical intelligence


could change the way we work in the not-so-distant future BY TASHA NEUMEISTER


30 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO


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ould your next co- worker be a machine or a robot? It’s not out of the realm of pos- sibility, says George


K. Thiruvathukal, professor of computer science and director of Loyola’s departmental computing. The strides made in artificial intel- ligence (AI), the computer science area where computers perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, have grown exponen- tially, and Thiruvathukal expects to see a steady progression in the next five to 10 years with robot- ics becoming more a part of our


everyday workplace. “Much as the printing press and modern electronic computer had direct consequences on the workforce,” he says, “the new age of AI/ma- chine learning is going to replace many jobs.” Thiruvathukal has been track-


ing advances in AI and robotics, an industry that has steadily grown to replicate humans both in function and character. Many activities that humans undertake can be done more safely or efficiently by ro- bots. We’re already seeing robotic automation in industries such as agriculture and manufacturing,


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