DANGER OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: UNEMPLOYMENT AND MISUSE ISSUES
By Euen Seok Lee - 01043170055
(The New York Times / Isaac Lawrence—Getty Images) [AP News,Reuters,The New York Times,BBC News] - WE ARE IN DANGER. Is this what experts and researchers out there wanted to say? I believe everyone must have heard about the term Artificial intelligence. But is it truly helping us or it has some critical issues that affect our human being?
First of all, what actually is Artificial Intelligence? Artificial Intelligence which also being called as AI is an area of computer science that emphasize the creation of intelligent machines that work and behave like a human being. It is true that by the invention and application of AI (Artificial Intelligence), our life has gained a huge innovation and helped us to take a huge step forward in terms of technology. Now the application of AI has been done in many different fields including our smartphones, smart cars and drones, social media feeds, music and media streaming services, video games, online ads network, navigation and travel, banking and finance, smart home devices as well as security and surveillance.
However, does it only raise a positive implication throughout our lives? The experts and researchers answer a ‘NO’ and the reason can largely be categorized as two which are unemployment issues and misuse issues.
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By the implication and application of AI in our daily bases, it actually taking our jobs aways leading to many working fields been taken away by machines. And this issue is much more concerning in developing countries which in needs of the traditional growth path. Even many optimists say that by such implication of AI in many fields will rapidly boost up productivity, many more are still being concerned that AI will, in fact, will hold the traditional growth path by replacing the conventional jobs with robots.
According to research at Oxford, around 40% of the jobs in Europe, almost 50% of the jobs in USA, and for sure the greater amount in developing countries will be in danger of being replaced by AI over the coming decades. A threat of AI always been a concern from the beginning of its creation leading human being make a law of robotics, based on these three agreements. A robot may not injure a human being, a robot must obey the orders given by human being except when the orders conflicting with the previous law, and a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the previous laws.
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Another concern raised by the application of AI in our daily lives is a fact that it would pose a risk of being misused by hackers. We all know that artificial intelligence has been implied in many fields including autonomous cars, drones and many more. As the usage of AI is significantly been increased, this rapid development in AI is raising various risks including hacking issues. Possibly hacking attacks that would cause autonomous car crashes or even turn commercial drones into weapons against people are being a huge concern for many experts which also being a reason why there are the three rules of robotics.
Sources:
AP News
https://apnews.com/6034c9ce1af347ec8da996e39b29c51b
Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-tech/artificial-intelligence-poses-risks-of-misuse-by-hackers-researchers-say-idUSKCN1G503V
BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47852589
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/01/opinion/artificial-intelligence-regulations-rules.html?searchResultPosition=3