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Will Artificial Intelligence take away our jobs?

Humans have always thought of innovative ideas to solve trivial problems that made our life easier, right from the invention of electricity to computers and mobiles to aircrafts. It's not new that technology has been changing around us and there's no stopping it. But how about a machine that can think on its own and act logically without any intervention of the humans! Just like us, they can also decide the outcome based on their own thinking. We get a mixed feeling of excitement and fear both, right?   The evolution of Artificial Intelligence in human world Although the concept of Artificial Intelligence have been floating around for a long time, it was in the year 1950 when Alan Turing , a British mathematician who came up with a well-defined possibility of AI's concept. He suggested that when Human beings can use the available information and reason to solve a particular problem, why can't a machine do the same? There are many sci-fi films regarding robots wit

How mobiles have transformed over the years

  From being a luxury item for the rich, mobiles over the past few years has transformed itself into a necessity for every individual irrespective of their social status and economy. Now each people have got their mobiles in their hand or pocket and it has become a challenge for anyone to stay without it even for few minutes.   The invention that changed the way we communicated During the 1940s, the engineers at AT&T developed a cell phone that could transmit signals for mobile base stations but they were not the mobiles that we see today, but was mostly like radio devices that could be used to communicate in emergencies. Although there were lots of efforts after that to transform the device for more general purposes, Motorola was the first company that successfully introduced the modern mobiles and on April 3, 1973 made its first phone!   Evolution of mobile phones Mobile phones have come a long way over a very small period of time. In few decades, it has not