CHAPTER 17

Emerging Technologies

Automation and Robotics

Augmented Intelligence

Augmented intelligence involves the use of intelligent tools by human beings in order to enhance their intellectual and cognitive capacities [1]. Augmented intelligence systems rely on machine learning to extend human cognitive abilities such as the brain’s capacity to calculate, assess, prioritize, and analyze information. Augmented intelligence systems use natural language processing, spatial navigation, machine vision, logical reasoning, and pattern recognition [1]. In other words, augmented intelligence systems help connect people and computers to jointly analyze, interpret, and process the fast-changing big data in real time. While most AI methods focus on replacing ...

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