Wednesday, July 1, 2020
How should we use artificial intelligence?
I read the Room for Debate article titled "Is Artificial Intelligence Taking Over Our Lives?", which discussed whether this technology would improve humanity or amplify its worst aspects. As I read this article I was reminded of something I read online about the minimum wage in America. It proposed that the minimum wage is so low because decades ago people assumed robots and AI would be more advanced than they currently are. They assumed that they would have replaced most workers by now, so the few workers left should not be paid so much for a job that a machine can do so much better. I don't know if this is true or not, but the speed at which technology advances remains an issue today even if it does not affect the minimum wage. People want AI to develop quicker because they assume it will make all lives more convenient and safer. If AI ever comes to rival or surpass human intelligence, how should we use it? Should we use it as a tool and make it do our labor, thereby displacing hardworking humans, or should we merge with our technology and become cyborgs?
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Becoming cyborgs is definitely an interesting alternative to handle the rising of artificial intelligence, but I’d have to pass on that. Anyways, today’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) is very limited on what it can do; like drive cars, security analysis, and internet searches, but researchers are looking to enhance AI by programming them to do more cognitive tasks. As AI can be programmed to do the same tasks as humans, we should continue developing AI to do mainly security work, and assist in dangerous military operations so that we can keep front line officers safe. Times are changing rapidly and the human race as a whole should grow to accommodate technological and scientific advancements like creating new jobs, because of the different possibilities to expand the workforce. If AI takes over all security work and front line military jobs away from humans, then there will be new careers to program and supervise the machines, as well as manufacture them, distribute them, and design them. Evidently, present day jobs were not meant to remain the same for eternity, the world is bound to change and we must adapt to those changes, like humans have always done in the past, and will continue to do in the future.
ReplyDeleteI do believe many jobs are not meant to be permanent. I might be misinterpreting this, but did you mean to say that automation in careers would create more jobs? You said that it would create new careers, but programming, manufacturing, and distribution are not new concepts when it comes to AI. While soldiers can be replaced by AI I don't think they should be. AI could easily be exploited by countries to dominate wars, since not every country would have access to the same technology. The use of AI in war also raises a question: Who should be held responsible for war crimes? And should machines decide whether or not to take a human life if at best machines can only mimic moral decisions?
DeleteI think becoming a cyborg seems like a cool aspect to look into however there are still bad people in the world. I believe that it would be great to have some people become cyborgs rather than everyone since we don’t know which people are going to use their new machinery power for the greater good. Creating a robot to do our bidding will be nice however you never know when they might go against us in the long run. It also depends on the people who are creating the newer technology since even then they might use their new robots for more harm than good. All in all, I think it’s a good idea to figure something out to help the human race however there are a lot of possibilities and factors making it harder for robotics to hopefully work out in the future.
ReplyDeleteThe rise of Artificial Intelligence is inevitable, as human technology continues to advance. We now have self-driving cars, when not that long ago the first car was invented. The use of AI does allow our lives to be easier, however, we should not use AI in ways that will cause public chaos. Society worries one day if we continue advancing technology Artificial intelligence will turn out to be like the movie Terminator, however, what it will likely do is take humans out of their jobs. The unemployment and homeless rate is already a problem within our economy, with AI becoming more convenient, it will eventually cause global financial struggles. Which makes me believe that Artificial Intelligence should not be stopped from progressing, but should be managed and maintained away from anything that would be even more detrimental to human life.
ReplyDeleteUsing AI can be very risking. First of all AI must pass the Turing test which determines if the AI can think like a human being. If a program can pass this test, people would not be able to distinguish the difference between human and machine. AI can easily surpass human intelligence which can lead to problems in the future.
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