AI or artificial intelligence is
the most talked about and the technology of the future. AI can bring a drastic
change in the tech world as similar to the smart phones, app, Whatsapp, Facebook
have given to the world. Every major
tech company like google, apple, Microsoft, Facebook are betting on this
technology and are doing massive research and investing billions into it. Through
AI our lives will be made simpler and smarter as the inbuilt software will help
us in our daily chores and solve our complex scientific problems, teach us how
to play chess and many more things.
But with every technology there is
side effect of the tech or bane of it, likewise AI also has its negative
effects and they are major and needs to be researched and thought about
properly. In the movie transformers, terminator, I- robot or endhiran, we saw
what can happen when a robot can do when its software malfunctions. These robots
were surviving on AI technology and when their software started the process of
self-learning, they became violent and attacked human kind. The things shown in
these movies are somewhat what’s going to happen in the future if we don’t take
necessary steps on AI right now.
Stephen Hawking said to BBC- "The
development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human
race."
Elon Musk tweeted – “China, Russia,
soon all countries w strong computer science. Competition for AI superiority at
national level most likely cause of WW3 imo (in my opinion)
Even Vladimir Putin said the country which
will be leading in AI will be the future leader.
Major negative points on AI
1. AI has been
used by Taxi drivers in Japan to track the customers who are going to book
their taxi. The AI system developed by NTT DoCoMo guesses future taxi request
and leads drivers to high possible locations. In this process the AI tracks
Passengers through their phone Wi-Fi which already affect their privacy and AI
progresses on with self-learn and acts upon it. So with self-learn it does not
depend on the guidance or order of humans which makes them independent to take decisions
which is dangerous.
2. When industrial
revolution happened back in the 19th century millions of people lost
their jobs as machines took their place. In this modern 21st century
AI is the new form of industrial revolution which is going to take place of the
intelligent working class. Now AI will solve complex problems whether related
to engineering or commerce. 2017 saw dip in the job vacancies in the IT sector
as AI was initialised into IT sector. Many bank jobs could be taken by
Automation in the near future. The low and middle level jobs are the ones that are
going to be the most affected.
3. AI is being
used in many government offices in many countries to take important decisions.
AI with their experience and self-learning Algorithm, they can make decisions like
whether to give loans to a particular person in bank so with machines
predicting for decision making, wrong decisions can also be made after all
machines don’t have feelings.
4. On December
2014, in Sydney there was terrorist attack and to escape the same, people started
booking uber in the affected area. As the bookings for uber were too much, the
AI algorithm used in uber bookings increased the prices. As demands were more
and supply was less, the AI algorithm surged the prices and it lead to panics
and backlashes at uber for increasing prices at such an emergency situation.
5. As Obama said
AI can be used to hack nuclear codes and launch them creating a world war. Hacking
is the biggest cybercrimes that is trending now and if the software algorithm
of missiles and war machines are hacked it can affect the whole mankind.
6. AI used in
self-driving cars can be hazardous as we seen in the case of Tesla cars. The algorithms
may be not accurate or the software may be hacked as we have seen in the movie fast
and furious of 2017.
7. Depending too
much on AI information and help can truly make humans lazy and irresponsible
and they will totally start depending on AI for information searching as well
as for lighting the lamp in their home.
8. There is
also scarcity of loss of information that is stored inside the AI machine. After
all it is a machine and it can be corrupted and lose their data if there is
electricity breakdown or other natural calamities occurring.
Last but not the least, machines
are machines and always will be machines. They cannot replace the human intelligence,
creativity or feelings.
