Narrow AI is a collection of technologies that rely on algorithms and programmatic responses to simulate intelligence, generally with a focus on a specific task. When you use a voice recognition system like Amazon’s Alexa to turn on the lights, that’s narrow AI in action. Alexa may sound smart, but it doesn’t have any advanced understanding of language and can’t determine the meaning behind the words you speak. The program simply listens for key sounds in your speech and, when it detects them, follows its programming to execute certain actions. To users, this can seem surprisingly intelligent — and voice recognition is far from a simple computing task — but in reality, there is no actual “thinking” going on behind the scenes. Non-player characters (NPCs) in games are another good example of ANI. While they take human-like action, they’re simply following a pre-programmed series of actions designed to mimic how a human would play the game.
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