With the present state of development, Artificial Intelligence can effectively do which of the following ? 1. Bring down electricity consumption in industrial units 2. Create meaningful short stories and songs 3. Disease diagnosis 4. Text-to-Speech Conversion 5. Wireless transmission of electrical energy Select the correct answer using the code given below :
- (a) 1, 2, 3 and 5 only
- (b) 1, 3 and 4 only
- (c) 2, 4 and 5 only
- (d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 ✓ UPSC's answer
Why the answer is (d)
• The official key holds that AI can effectively do all five.
• AI optimises industrial energy use (1) — DeepMind cut Google data-centre cooling energy by 40%; generative models write short stories and songs (2); AI diagnoses disease from scans and records (3); text-to-speech (4) is mature AI.
• Item 5 is the debatable one: wireless power transfer is a physics/engineering technology, but AI is used to optimise beam-forming and energy routing in such systems, which is how the key justifies it.
• Hence 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, option (d).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) 1, 2, 3 and 5 only
- Text-to-speech is a core AI capability and is omitted here.
- (b) 1, 3 and 4 only
- AI-generated stories/songs and AI-assisted wireless transfer are also counted.
- (c) 2, 4 and 5 only
- Energy optimisation and diagnosis are well-established AI uses.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2020, held on 4 October 2020. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.