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Windows. The Mac OS. Linux. I know these are probably the most popular
operating systems available for computers today (there might be others, but
these are the ones I'm sure of right now, at least).
Most definitely, the computer has come a long way - right from the days when,
as children (some of us anyway), we saw them as those fascinating devices that
worked with dark screens and bright scrolling green text to today when they have
all these wonderful graphics displayed to make using them a lot easier... and
fun. Apple Computers in the 1980s really changed the nature of computing with
the introduction of operating systems using Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) -
you used a mouse and communicated with your computer by clicking on various
descriptive images on your screen. Microsoft's Windows saw to it that today,
millions of computer users wouldn't even dream of using a computer with an
operating system which was not GUI-based. It's not only operating systems that
are GUI-based, but most software people use on their computers (there are still
some programmes which are better run in the text-based MS-DOS environment or
even straight at machine code level).
Yes, the easier things are for humans, the more productive and happier they
can be. The Information Age has really changed human life and interactions as we
know it and, I believe, will stand out prominently in history.
So, would it be safe to say in the near future the computer will be
"man's best friend"? Hmm, there are signs...
Of course, one would need to be able to communicate effectively with one's
best friend. That's when the idea suddenly popped into my mind - AI OS.
Make any sense?
Heh-heh, what I mean is Artificially Intelligent Operating Systems that
would become the next big thing for running computers. Maybe.
Imagined features of an AI OS:
- It would possess all the current features of operating
systems (GUI, audio, video and all that) with the added
ability to interact quite intelligibly with the users, that
is, through verbal communication with the user or written
'chat' statements. It could have it's interactive option
turned off so it runs as a regular OS.
- It would need to be able to question the computer user
(asking the basic what, why, how, where,
when, who questions) in order to learn and keep
learning each time it is used thus growing smarter each day
just like a child growing up and observing the world.
- Using it's 'what' questioning capabilities and possibly
other functions, it could be taught to identify not only words
and text, but pictures, video and audio as well and be able to
differentiate between them.
- The computer user is given the opportunity to develop the
kind of character or personality he/she desires for the AI OS
and thus his/her computer.
- The AI OS can be trained, through the learning process, into
a specific field field of knowledge or line of work - for
instance, a doctor's computer would have an AI OS specifically
trained for medical work, the AI OS becoming enough of an
expert to correct the doctor when he/she makes errors while
working (hey, the doc trained it!). The ideal working
companion, it 'observes' (working on the data you feed it or
watching you via a web cam) you while you work, offering
assistance wherever it can.
- Talk about morals, ethics and values - you could even teach
your AI OS to recognize, for example, the nasty kinds of
websites you don't want displayed on your browser (how ever
long it takes wouldn't really matter because it would just be
like teaching a child the difference between good and bad, all
the AI OS has to ask you is "why"; it might get
confused sometimes but after a while it should be able to get
things just as you want them - it's learning everyday)
- When there's nothing else to do, you can actually sit down
and chat with your AI OS just like you would with people you
don't always have to see in an online chatroom. It would
present a lovely way to arrange your thoughts and solve
problems bugging you - after all, if you trained your AI OS to
think and behave like you then asking it questions would be
like thinking by yourself and taking decisions.
- Though the developers would provide you with updates from
time to time to enhance the performance of your AI OS, it also
would continue to upgrade its capabilities with the knowledge
it acquires from you as the days, in fact years go by.
Some things to be considered for developing such an AI OS:
- Who would want it? Do we really need it?
- How much is it going to cost the developers and the final
consumers alike? Would it be worth it?
- How much disk space and memory would be needed for it? Would
it be a feasible amount?
- Hey, would it really work?
- I wish I could sponsor myself to a postgraduate degree
course in Information Technology or something and learn some
programming skills to be able to take on such an AI OS
development challenge.
Well, let's see if Apple, Microsoft or somebody out there
thinks this is a good idea and goes on to develop it.
- Ikani.
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