Introduction
Undeniably, innovations are good for the prosperity and enhancement of human’s standards of living. With this regard, technology and innovations in general should not be seen as negative. However, there is great need for caution when deciding the innovations that are helpful and those that are harmful and dangerous. This paper seeks to show that there are two effects of innovations which can either be positive or negative.
Artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is one of the most controversial innovations that the world has seen as per the current developments. The other closely related innovation that has also raised similar attention is the human cloning scientific development. With the artificial development, it is believed that the research will take a century before it is completed. According to the head of the Google’s self driving car project, Sebastian Thrun, artificial intelligence is taking over the world (Lemmer & Kanal 2014). He argues that while humans will still be in charge of a few aspects of life in the near future, their control will be reduced due to the development of artificial intelligence.
Positive effects of artificial innovation
Artificial Intelligence can be very beneficial to the human race in a number of ways. One of the most significant ways that AI can help humans is by the degree by which it can be used in areas such as healthcare, education, and business among other areas (Matsuda, Cohen & Koedinger 2015). The advancement of AI can greatly enhance the accuracy and effectiveness of medical services hence improving humans’ livelihoods. The recent development of a self driving vehicle shows how our lives can become easier with the help of AI.
Negative implications of adopting AI
AI on the other hand has many unfavorable effects on human livelihood. For instance, the self-driven vehicle may be a good idea and its sufficiency and ability to automatically avoid collision may reduce the rate of accidents. Nonetheless, if we consider human survival, this may not be one of the best things to do. The implications of this innovation affect aspects such as employment. Having self-driven cabs in the streets will send human drivers home and reduce the rate of employment. Automated vendor machines are the best examples to show how AI can rob humanity of its natural setting.
Due to the self-running vendor machines, many energy and snack vendors have closed shopped due to lack of market. Nobody in investing on vending stores anymore since one can easily purchase a vending machine and find a vending space. The same happened with the automated teller machines which led to the laying off of several human tellers in the banking industry. The current robotics are directed and utilized under the supervision of humans and their movements and intentions are decided by people.
Conclusion
Determining whether AI is a friendly innovation or it is a global mistake depends on the functions that the innovation is intended to achieve. The development of AI and its inclusion in the development of war robots and drones will give the gadgets autonomous decision making capabilities (Müller & Bostrom 2014). In this case, such machines are able to reason and decide when to attack and when not to. With this power, humanity may be losing its control over the world and things can turn out to be chaotic. Giving machines the power to reason and decide independently can be such a dangerous move especially in military development and innovations.
References
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Matsuda, N, Cohen, W & Koedinger, K 2015, ‘Teaching the teacher: tutoring SimStudent leads to more effective cognitive tutor authoring’, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, vol. 25, no.1, pp.1-34.
Müller, V & Bostrom, N 2014, ‘Future progress in artificial intelligence: A poll among experts,’ AI Matters, vol. 1, no.1, pp. 9-11.