The efficiencies and other economic advantages of code-based machine intelligence will continue to disrupt all aspects of human work. The AI takeover of jobs will widen economic divides, leading to social upheaval These systems are globally networked and not easy to regulate or rein in. Values and ethics are often not baked into the digital systems making people's decisions for them. Most AI tools are and will be in the hands of companies striving for profits or governments striving for power. This effect will deepen as automated systems become more prevalent and complex.ĭata use and surveillance in complex systems is designed for profit or for exercising power
They sacrifice independence, privacy and power over choice they have no control over these processes. People lack input and do not learn the context about how the tools work. Individuals are experiencing a loss of control over their livesĭecision-making on key aspects of digital life is automatically ceded to code-driven, "black box" tools. The main themes they sounded about threats and remedies are outlined in the accompanying table.ĪI and the future of humans: Experts express concerns and suggest solutions CONCERNS Many shared deep worries, and many also suggested pathways toward solutions. All respondents in this non-scientific canvassing were asked to elaborate on why they felt AI would leave people better off or not. Yet, most experts, regardless of whether they are optimistic or not, expressed concerns about the long-term impact of these new tools on the essential elements of being human. Additionally, a number of these experts predicted that AI would abet long-anticipated changes in formal and informal education systems. They were also enthusiastic about AI’s role in contributing to broad public-health programs built around massive amounts of data that may be captured in the coming years about everything from personal genomes to nutrition. Many focused their optimistic remarks on health care and the many possible applications of AI in diagnosing and treating patients or helping senior citizens live fuller and healthier lives. They said “smart” systems in communities, in vehicles, in buildings and utilities, on farms and in business processes will save time, money and lives and offer opportunities for individuals to enjoy a more-customized future. They spoke of the wide-ranging possibilities that computers might match or even exceed human intelligence and capabilities on tasks such as complex decision-making, reasoning and learning, sophisticated analytics and pattern recognition, visual acuity, speech recognition and language translation.
The experts predicted networked artificial intelligence will amplify human effectiveness but also threaten human autonomy, agency and capabilities. Some 979 technology pioneers, innovators, developers, business and policy leaders, researchers and activists answered this question in a canvassing of experts conducted in the summer of 2018. As emerging algorithm-driven artificial intelligence (AI) continues to spread, will people be better off than they are today? Code-driven systems have spread to more than half of the world’s inhabitants in ambient information and connectivity, offering previously unimagined opportunities and unprecedented threats. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)ĭigital life is augmenting human capacities and disrupting eons-old human activities.
A vehicle and person recognition system for use by law enforcement is demonstrated at last year’s GPU Technology Conference in Washington, D.C., which highlights new uses for artificial intelligence and deep learning.