I've been to so many manufacturing plants. I've yet to walk into one where I did not think AI solutions wouldn't help.
Interpretation
Andrew Ng believes that AI can enhance efficiency and productivity in manufacturing plants.
In this quote, Andrew Ng expresses his conviction that artificial intelligence has the potential to improve operations in manufacturing environments. He highlights his experience visiting numerous plants and consistently observing opportunities for AI to streamline processes, reduce costs, and enhance overall performance. This suggests a strong belief in the transformative power of technology in traditional industries.
In practice
In a business presentation discussing the future of manufacturing and technology.
AI has been making tremendous progress in machine translation, self-driving cars, etc. Basically, all the progress I see is in specialised intelligence. It might be hundreds or thousands of years or, if there is an unexpected breakthrough, decades.
It seemed really amazing that you could write a few lines of code and have it learn to do interesting things.
Most of the value of deep learning today is in narrow domains where you can get a lot of data. Here's one example of something it cannot do: have a meaningful conversation.
Imagine if we can just talk to our computers and have it understand, 'Please schedule a meeting with Bob for next week.' Or if each child could have a personalized tutor. Or if self-driving cars could save all of us hours of driving.
A single neuron in the brain is an incredibly complex machine that even today we don't understand. A single 'neuron' in a neural network is an incredibly simple mathematical function that captures a minuscule fraction of the complexity of a biological neuron.
None of us today know how to get computers to learn with the speed and flexibility of a child.
We did envision that some day the phone would be so small that you could hang it on your ear or even have it embedded under your skin.
That has always been the objective of Apple: to do things that really enrich people's lives. That you look back on and you wonder, 'How did I live without this?'
You insist that there is something a machine cannot do. If you tell me precisely what it is a machine cannot do, then I can always make a machine which will do just that.
If you just hold your cell phone for 30 seconds and think backwards through its production, you have the entire techno-industrial culture wrapped up there. You can't have that device without everything that goes with it.
On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it's so valuable. The right information in the right place just changes your life. On the other hand, information wants to be free, because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time. So you have these two fighting against each other.
As more intelligent computer assistance comes into being, it will amplify human progress.
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