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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN THE SOCIETY

Is artificial intelligence here to build or destroy?, why is the revolution hasty? What will happen to the best of the society? How do we manage to triumph over this fear in our minds?.

there is no doubt that the artificial intelligence terrain has evolved significantly since 1950 after Alan Turing first question whether machines can think?, According to Turing the question whether machines can think is itself “too meaningless” to deserve a discussion but look at the world today.  

Technology as promised the society nothing but positive gains like community development, safety, easier communication, speed in performing duties and so much more, nevertheless this advantages brings a rise to the disadvantages that will want to pull the human mind out of the revolution and back to the archaic realm, we wonder if our values will depreciate, privacy, employment and so much more But Stewart Brand said “once a new technology rolls over you, if you are not part of the steamroller you are part of the road” where do you want to be?.

Is Artificial intelligence here to build or destroy?

Lets travel a little back in time into the health sector shall we?, alot of people lost their lives due to misdiagnosis, there was no standard infrastructure like now to help determine what is wrong with a patient under few seconds. But thanks to AI and the ability for it to analyze big Data by pulling out patients insights for analysis and determination of what went wrong quickly has saved lives.

Analysis shows the advantage of AI is greater than the disadvantage, yes there are disadvantages but believe me when I say it won’t lead to destruction.

why is the revolution hasty?

Is Artificial Intelligence really transforming the world too fast?, I do not think so because we are yet to see anything. the plans Artificial Intelligence as for improving the human race is still in process and some of them have been predicted to come to life in 20 years from now and beyond.

What will happen to the best of the society?,How do we manage to triumph over this fear in our minds?.

Yes!! your fears are right, alot of people will loose their jobs, privacy will be breached, people might die, but is all this not happening right now.

Look around you alot of people have financial freedom today because they were informed and they took advantage of the information because they saw the future.

Everything has an advantage and disadvantage but unlike the others one is greater than the other and as for Artificial Intelligence the advantages are far greater than the Disadvantages.

However the way this will balance out is anyones guess and  up for a debate for people to contemplate, but as an optimist I want to be part of the steamroller and not the road so I will learn more about this Artificial Intelligence and how it is transforming the world so I will not be left out.

There are a lot of challenges that are yet to be faced, we should be looking for solutions to this challenges and not being held back by our fears, learn the trending skills, understand how most of this devices work upgrade your skill so that it fits into the mold and be consistent.

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