Artificial Intelligence - Ethical, social, and security impacts for the present and the future, Second edition

CHAPTER 2: IS AI REALLY UBIQUITOUS – DOES IT OR WILL IT PERMEATE EVERYTHING WE DO?

“Artificial intelligence is going to have a bigger impact on the world than some of the most ubiquitous innovations in history.

AI is one of the most important things humanity is working on. It is more profound than, I dunno, electricity or fire.”

Sundar Pichai³⁰

Today, we take AI in its many forms for granted. It is so embedded in our daily lives that we see it practically everywhere.

But is it really ubiquitous and what does that mean exactly?

Ubiquitous AI

First, let’s look at the very definition of ubiquitous. According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, ubiquitous means “existing or being everywhere at the same time: constantly encountered; widespread.”^{31 ...}