The Benefits Of Artificial Intelligence

“We’ve given our children everything that they have wanted. Is this our reward-- secrecy and disobedience?”(Bradbury). In the futuristic short story, “The Veldt,” written by the the well-know author, Ray Bradbury, two parents, George and Lydia have purchased a house with artificial intelligence; as a result, it has done everything for them and their kids, Peter and Wendy. Artificial intelligence, or AI, is known as any work brought forth by technology-- including machines, computers, etc.— and is becoming more relied on by the human race. According to Or Shani, the CEO of Adgorithms— the first company to develop and use AI for marketing— dates signs of AI back to Ancient Greece; however, for a long period of time, it was overlooked and not valued much (Shani). As we

Charles H. Duell, US commissioner of patents, famously quipped in 1881 that everything that could be invented already had been. It took until 1908 for the first Model T to roll out of a factory. It is a provincial viewpoint that has been around since Ecclesiastes (1:9) that we have reached the pinnacle of our technological game and yet as each new paradigm rolls to a close and our imaginations are saturated with the reality of the world we begin to question whether or not this is the time that the future will end. Moore's law may just the most recent paradigm of technological growth, but it makes sense that this paradigm will shift into the next and AI will be the future of sentience.

In television and film, we see the rise of the similar theme of a once reliable and seemingly harmless machine bringing the earth and mankind to the bottom of the hearty. Films like The Omega Man(1971) and television shows like Star Trek(1966-1969) and The Twilight Zone(1959-1964) have all tackled the similar issue of evil artificial intelligence. With the amount of revenue this theme collected, it became a crutch in the entertainment industry as it’s appeal to fear would rake in large

Artificial intelligence has been a hot topic since the invention of artificial intelligence. Many scientist and humans, in general, believe that artificially intelligent robots would want to rule the world and overthrow the human race. Something as simple as Siri or Corona could get too smart, and eventually, want to get rid of humans. Many sci-fi shows are based on this ideology. However, based off of this article by Tim Oates, artificial intelligence is one problem we should not worry about. In his article, Oates was able to relieve everyone’s anxieties they may have had, and he did so persuasively. Oates used many different rhetoric strategies to do so, but overall he used pathos, sarcasm/irony, and ethos He was persuasive in communicating his argument because of use of pathos, sarcasm/irony, and ethos.

(1) Technological Singularity is an idea that AI will improve in competence at an exponential rate and take over human intelligence. They will reach the point where they correct their own defects and program themselves to produce artificial super-intelligent agents that as each generation of machines creates more intelligent machines, in turn, surpass human capabilities. (2) Moore’s Law suggests that the number of transistors on each integrated circuit double every year and a half since their invention. This trend has continued for fifty years now. (3) event horizon is the point of no return.

Ray Kurzweil stated in the article, “Progress Accelerates Exponentially”, that “The result of this exponential progression of information technology is an acceleration in the rate of progress itself”(34). He explains that the more humans know, the faster they learn. Though, with limited resources, space, and time, there is a limit to information as well. As opposed to exponential growth, information and knowledge works as logarithmic growth. There is an upper limit to the amount of information the can be obtained. There will be a point in time in which the human race can no longer discover anything new. At this moment in time, scientists are learning more quickly than they ever have before. New information is uncovered every day. Eventually, though, new information will stop being

The Singularity is a future period at which artificial intelligence will match and exceed the intelligence of humans, including the problem-solving skills, pattern recognition, even emotional and moral intelligence of the human brain. We will reach this point relatively soon. Kurzweil estimates that the Singularity will arrive in 2045. An important reason why we are reaching this point is exponential growth. As time goes on, we double the growth of computing consistently. As you can see in the chart on the right, the growth of computing has increased drastically. This is because it increases at an exponential rate instead of linear. “Linear growth is steady; exponential growth becomes explosive.” An exponential rate is when numbers are continuously multiplied by a

Science fiction is rife with films about AI and have become a common plot device. Even before they existed, the cinema projected many fears about what was to come in future. These are interesting because they help setting the public view’s on AI and Robotics. What is less known today is that they have appeared since the inception of cinema, i.e. 1907. But, in today’s world, as we move closer to a time of human and robot integration, filmmakers have continued to explore the effect this could have in society.

Leading AI researchers and engineers believe that those who favor regulation of AI negate the benefits it has been giving to society. Furthermore, they argue that the future of this technology be celebrated and eagerly anticipated rather than feared. John Giannandrea, the senior vice president of engineering at Google, reinstates this by describing any hysteria towards AI is “unwarranted and borderline irresponsible.”(Source #1) He uses the term “irresponsible” for the people who perpetuate this worry while holding large influence amongst the public. He goes on to say that “the people who don’t understand the technology get very concerned rather than focusing on the benefits of AI.” (Source #1) Giannadrea suggests that the atmosphere

In today’s society, the computers we have now compared to the ones in the past, vary greatly. Back then, we could not do the many things that we could today with our technology. Our technology has grown tremendously throughout the years and with this technology, we have been able to accomplish a vast amount of things. With this exponential rate of our technology, it opens many opportunities for us. Also, it could possibly open up to the ‘Singularity’. In that case, there will be many outcomes of the singularity.

AI likely will likely be the most significant event in human history. This can either go badly or catapult humans to unimaginable trans humanist heights warned Elon Musk. The launch of AI, expects most science and technology book to be completely rewritten with improved and complex ideas. I expect an era of learning and superior human lifestyles. The important thing, is to not allow AI to run wild, however, to already be part machines ourselves, so we will be able to plug into it wherever it leads. Whatever happens next, in spite of everything, we don’t want to overlook the Singularity.

In today’s society, the computers we have now compared to the ones in the past, vary greatly. Back then, we could not do the many things that we could today with our technology. Our technology has grown tremendously throughout the years and with this technology, we have been able to accomplish a vast amount of things. With this exponential rate of our technology, it opens many opportunities for us. Also, it could possibly open up to the ‘Singularity’. In that case, there will be many outcomes of the singularity.

Artificial Intelligence has gained an increasing amount of wind in the past few years. Allowing machines to do most of our work for us allows us to focus (or not focus) on different aspects of our life. However, the question must be asked, will giving AI human-like emotions and thought processes actually help us be more creative or discourage us to “think outside the box?”

Artificial Intelligence is a topic within the public media that has existed for decades, but is now a concern due to the reality of human advancement and innovation in the field of science and technology. Many people believe that computers will become self-aware or sentient and view humanity as a disposable resource and gain supremacy. Reasoning that research on the technology should halt and not become more advance. Whereas others believe they will help catapult research and the economy forward, supporting the operations and innovations the technology offers. The complicated and divided solutions to the debate aren’t obvious, but there are more benefits to improving artificial intelligence than there is stopping it. Therefore, the negative effects people believe will occur can be resolved.

Have you ever thought about advancements in technology? Have you ever thought about Artificial Intelligence and robots taking over human jobs and changing society for the better ? Even though Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451, said technological advances are detrimental, Artificial Intelligence is beneficial to society because if it is programmed well, can be more efficient, do high precise jobs, and also low repetitive jobs.