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LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL
06 DEVELOPMENTS
to learn about:
Artificial Intelligence Blockchain
Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Internet of Things
3D Printing Robotics
In today’s rapidly changing world, technology plays a major role. Newer technologies are
evolving every day across the globe. To keep ourselves updated, it is important for us to know
about the latest technological developments. In this chapter, let us upgrade our knowledge
about some latest technologies.
There are a number of latest technological developments. Some of them are Artificial
Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Internet of Things, 3D Printing and Robotics.
Let us learn about these.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
You have already read about Artificial Intelligence in earlier classes. AI is a branch of computer
science that aims at creating expert and intelligent computer systems which simulate certain
human qualities such as, learning, reasoning, communicating, seeing, hearing, and sensation. AI
is used to create intelligent machines that help us. AI is a part of almost everything we use today
such as smartphones, cars and banks.
Some main areas of application of AI are:
Natural Language Processing: It is the study
of methods by which computers can recognise
and understand spoken or written human
language. Speech recognition software is an
example of NLP where computers translate
spoken speech into text.
Natural Language Processing
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