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Faizan
We hear and read about it everywhere these days.
You hear people saying, "The future is now."
"We have to give way to technology."
"We'll be better off and live better lives (maybe not even work) if we let AI do it."
Yes, technology is here, and we are living at the dawn of the age of AI, and it's a topic that we've seen and heard a lot more about this year.
I wonder what the opportunities will be for the average person. You know, the person who is not the founder of Facebook, Google or Amazon, which have placed such high barriers to entry that it will be rare for companies to break into that stratospheric league.
What's Going to Happen with Humans?
Do you wonder what's going to happen to the average person? AI are taking over customer service, writing, design, sales, law, and medicine. As a businessman and social entrepreneur, the reality is that if you're looking at things in a purely bottom-line manner, using AI could make a whole lot of sense. They never get sick. They work 27/7/365. They never stop and can indeed produce more than any human can--in a lifetime. From a pure dollars and cents perspective, AI can make a lot of sense.
But then you have to wonder about the broader implications of AI, and I sense that society has not even started to get its head around the implications. If you pay even a little attention to the news, then you know that a few months ago Facebook engineers shut down and pulled the plug on AI that decided on its own to go ahead and develop a new language. It was more efficient for them to get the work done, but humans did not understand. It seems that the language was basic, but what happens if the AI had not been shut down? Would they have developed a highly sophisticated way to communicate and operate that completely excised human?
I agree that technology can be beneficial to society. I think most people would agree that we'd prefer to send a bot into a dangerous situation, say war, rather than ask our men and women to put their lives on the line. I think there's something to be said for the rapidly expanding role of robotics in medicine. For example, the fact that we've started to print human organs with 3D is a significant advancement, and we have to hope that many lives will be saved.
The Deeper Issues Related to AI
My concern as I dig deeper into the issue of AI is what the implications are for the human race, and yes, that even includes how we in the philanthropic sector connect with each other and with the world we serve. As I noted in the previous article I wrote, the Partnership on AI, which is a collaborative effort between mega-companies such as Facebook, Apple, Google and leading non-profits such as UNICEF and Human Rights are trying to lead the conversation about the implications of AI in all of our lives.
If you tune in even a little bit into the conversation about AI, you know that we have to deal with many issues, including some of the following:
Safety: We don't want to be in a situation where AI is created, and it is not obligated to protect human life.
You hear people saying, "The future is now."
"We have to give way to technology."
"We'll be better off and live better lives (maybe not even work) if we let AI do it."
Yes, technology is here, and we are living at the dawn of the age of AI, and it's a topic that we've seen and heard a lot more about this year.
I wonder what the opportunities will be for the average person. You know, the person who is not the founder of Facebook, Google or Amazon, which have placed such high barriers to entry that it will be rare for companies to break into that stratospheric league.
What's Going to Happen with Humans?
Do you wonder what's going to happen to the average person? AI are taking over customer service, writing, design, sales, law, and medicine. As a businessman and social entrepreneur, the reality is that if you're looking at things in a purely bottom-line manner, using AI could make a whole lot of sense. They never get sick. They work 27/7/365. They never stop and can indeed produce more than any human can--in a lifetime. From a pure dollars and cents perspective, AI can make a lot of sense.
But then you have to wonder about the broader implications of AI, and I sense that society has not even started to get its head around the implications. If you pay even a little attention to the news, then you know that a few months ago Facebook engineers shut down and pulled the plug on AI that decided on its own to go ahead and develop a new language. It was more efficient for them to get the work done, but humans did not understand. It seems that the language was basic, but what happens if the AI had not been shut down? Would they have developed a highly sophisticated way to communicate and operate that completely excised human?
I agree that technology can be beneficial to society. I think most people would agree that we'd prefer to send a bot into a dangerous situation, say war, rather than ask our men and women to put their lives on the line. I think there's something to be said for the rapidly expanding role of robotics in medicine. For example, the fact that we've started to print human organs with 3D is a significant advancement, and we have to hope that many lives will be saved.
The Deeper Issues Related to AI
My concern as I dig deeper into the issue of AI is what the implications are for the human race, and yes, that even includes how we in the philanthropic sector connect with each other and with the world we serve. As I noted in the previous article I wrote, the Partnership on AI, which is a collaborative effort between mega-companies such as Facebook, Apple, Google and leading non-profits such as UNICEF and Human Rights are trying to lead the conversation about the implications of AI in all of our lives.
If you tune in even a little bit into the conversation about AI, you know that we have to deal with many issues, including some of the following:
Safety: We don't want to be in a situation where AI is created, and it is not obligated to protect human life.
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