What AI Algorithms Can Do, and What They Can't

There are only a handful of algorithms that drive today’s excitement in AI. The variations are many. I’ll go over these basic algorithms and give an explanation of what each does. There will undoubtably be more advances in AI. But there are also many things that AI can’t do and never will. Physics dictates there will never be a perpetual motion machine. Mathematics says trisecting an angle with a compass and a straight edge is not possible. Likewise, there are properties beyond the reach of a computer and therefore AI. Human understanding and creativity will always be an indispensable non-computable component of innovation and creativity.