How "smart" can artificial intelligence be now? This is an interesting question and a difficult one to answer.

Because the concept and scope of AI are not static, the definition and development of AI are constantly evolving with the advancement of science and technology and changes in society.

However, we can get a general idea of the current development of AI from the following aspects.

From the technical level, artificial intelligence is mainly divided into specialized artificial intelligence and general artificial intelligence.

Specialized AI refers to AI systems for specific tasks or fields, such as image recognition, speech recognition, natural language processing, machine translation, human-machine games, etc.

Generalized AI refers to AI systems that have extensive knowledge and capabilities like humans, adapt to different environments and scenarios, and engage in abstract thinking and creative problem-solving.

Currently, dedicated AI has made significant breakthroughs and applications, such as Alpha Dog's victory over the human champion in Go and news writing and Baidu's Apollo's commercialization in the driverless field.

However, general artificial intelligence is still in its infancy, and the current AI system still lacks common sense knowledge, reasoning and decision-making ability, emotional understanding, expression ability, etc. There is still an enormous gap in human intelligence.

Secondly, from the application level, AI has penetrated all walks of life, bringing vast changes and impacts to economic and social development.

For example, in the medical field, AI can assist doctors in diagnosis, treatment, drug development, and so on.

In education, AI can provide personalized learning resources and tutoring.

In the financial field, AI can perform risk assessment, credit rating, investment analysis, etc.

In security, AI can perform face recognition, video surveillance, anti-terrorism early warning, and so on.

In entertainment, AI can generate virtual characters, music, games, etc.

In life, AI can provide voice assistants, smart homes, e-commerce recommendations, and so on.

It can be said that AI has become an indispensable part of our daily life.

Finally, from the point of view of development trends, AI still has great potential and space.

With the development of information technology such as big data, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and the promotion of technological innovations such as chips, algorithms, software, etc., AI will be more efficient, flexible, reliable, and safe.

Of course, we should also see that the development and application of AI will bring some challenges and risks, such as the protection of personal information and privacy, the attribution of intellectual property rights, and moral and ethical norms.

Therefore, while promoting the development of AI, it is also necessary to strengthen its governance and regulation and establish a corresponding system of laws, regulations, and standards.