Introduction
The author’s work is devoted to the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in human life:
- He writes about the development of AI, especially noting how computer technology has caused a renaissance of influence on processing data through AI. The author’s narrative is consistent and multidimensional; he gradually concludes.
- He analyzes the theoretical aspects of artificial intelligence, mentioning its characteristics.
- The writer says that AI technology is incapable of forming memories and discusses four existing varieties of AI.
- Despite the high quality of the letter, it is necessary to pay attention to some of the essay’s shortcomings.
A Reflective Reading Response
Reading the article made me think again about the importance of artificial intelligence in human life. Due to the large flow of information from countless sources, it is easy to focus on other high-tech inventions or concepts. Indeed, this would be an urgent problem if technology had initially been a subject of human interest. However, I enjoyed how the author approached the research topic: he outlined the application of the analyzed technology and expressed his position regarding the problems arising during artificial intelligence. The creation of such essays awakens interest in technology, which is essential because, as noted by the author in the final part of the essay, the scope of AI is broad.
Artificial intelligence aims to create technical systems capable of solving non-computational problems and performing actions that require the processing of meaningful information and are considered the prerogative of the human brain. I confess that for me, many facts about AI were not known before reading the article.
Assessment of the Paper
I agree with the author’s position expressed by him in the essay. In particular, I found it interesting that the author noted that autonomous weapons, known as AI, are dangerous and cause fear among members of society. Even though in 2021, many people are much more worried about, for example, environmental problems, they should not ignore the existence of military conflicts in different parts of the world. Moreover, interstate conflicts are developing incredibly quickly; sometimes, one incident is enough to escalate aggression. Therefore, considering that we live in an era of technological progress, it is essential to keep military AI technologies under maximum control.
I did not find any severe logical errors in the text, but it seemed that the writer should have indicated a link to the source in some fragments of the text. If found that they are not original, Borrowing ideas without referencing them is plagiarism and is not acceptable for academic writing. However, I detected semantic correspondence between the articles used and the paraphrased author’s extracts from these texts. Indeed, Bakken claims that companies increasingly opt for AI in business decision-making (Bakken).
As noted by the author, Shabbir and Tarique provide information on the strategy for successfully implementing AI in companies and organizations worldwide (5). To the disadvantages of the work, I would attribute the use of terms without a preliminary explanation and the limited application of the research results. The author himself notes that it will take a lot of time and many resources for society to benefit from the initiative.
The author presents the analyzed problems of using AI in terms of their benefits and harms, which reduces the likelihood of narrative bias; however, storytelling has certain drawbacks. In particular, the author mentions how broad is the scope of AI in business and what a vast role AI will play in achieving progress. However, the writer does not indicate that business uses weak artificial intelligence, which can only solve narrowly technical problems using extensive data methods and machine learning algorithms. Vital artificial intelligence, in turn, suggests that computers can acquire the ability to think and be aware of themselves as separate individuals. Someone might argue that only a weak AI is enough to solve business problems, but it seems that it should have been determined in what state AI is now.
Presumably, the development of technologies will bring humanity to the moment when AI receives the right to make decisions, including strategic ones. This process is facilitated by the fact that more and more collecting and analyzing information is transferred to artificial intelligence. Therefore, it seems reasonable and logical for the writer to conclude that investing in AI in security agencies ensures that members of society are protected from unwanted security threats. AI allows one to assess the situation and make a decision faster and quickly. As the author rightly points out, the information collected and processed by AI must be translated into a human-readable format so that a person can correctly evaluate and comprehend the information.
Suggestions for Changes
Concerning the use of terms in the text, the following should be noted. First, the author introduces the concept of “Turing’s question” but does not first explain its meaning, which may confuse readers. If I were to write this work, I would describe its importance to the readers beforehand since it is evident that not everyone can understand it every time the term is used. I would point out that “Turing’s question” is an empirical test suggested by Alan Turing. However, someone can argue with me by saying that the author explains the test’s purpose in the following sentence. Still, this test’s essence and standard interpretation are left without attention. And this is unacceptable since it interferes with the reader’s perception of the text.
For a more precise understanding, the author should have mentioned other approaches to AI perception since there is no single answer to what artificial intelligence does. However, nearly every author who writes a book on AI considers this phenomenon in the context of science achievement at the time of the book’s creation. Among such approaches, one should mention the symbolic method, which appeared first in the era of digital machines, or the logical one.
In the paper, the author identifies only three sections, including “exigence,” “positions,” and “evaluation.” Dividing the text into specific semantic parts improves the perception of the text and allows readers to understand in advance what will be discussed in the paragraph. However, in my opinion, it was worth dividing the “positions” paragraph into additional parts since this piece of text turned out to be quite voluminous compared to others.
Thus, the first paragraph should be called “the computer’s perception of the world and the scope of AI,” The second paragraph is “the possibility of using AI initiatives.” The heading of the third paragraph would be related to the use of AI in armed conflict, and the title of the fourth paragraph would give readers an understanding that the section would be devoted to the use of AI in business. However, this is just my assumption, and I do not exclude that the author’s preference in dividing parts of the text will seem sufficient to someone.
Works Cited
Bakken, Rebecca. āBusiness Applications for Artificial Intelligence: An Update for 2020.ā Professional Development Hazard Division of Continuing Education, 2019. Web.
Shabbir, Jahanzaib, and Tarique Anwer. “Artificial intelligence and its role in near future.” arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.01396 (2018). Web.