People are asking, reacting, and over-reacting to Artificial Intelligence. Here’s what I think.
AI is here to stay. It’s similar to when the internet exploded onto the world stage in the 1990s. It changed everything we thought and did overnight, connecting the entire planet 24/7. Mostly, it was helpful and good. We didn’t worry much about rules and regulations.
AI will change everything again, but this time, we fear it is harmful, so we search (AFTER some perceived damage) for retribution and laws. We view AI as replacing our jobs, stealing our identities and personal property, and outthinking us to become a master race.
The internet connected us in every conceivable communication form, but little did we realize it shaped what information we received. You watched a video of dogs for 15 seconds, but skipped ads about politics =next day, more dogs, no politics. The internet learned. It offered you groups, links, and connections to thinkers like you. Fake news became a real thing, and finding truth-tellers became hard.
AI is a computer science that will bring the next predictable technological changes. It will connect to the subjects you choose, scan AI’s entire database, and synthesized years of grunt work to deliver your answer in milliseconds. It will continue to change e-commerce globally; Amazon is a prime example. Repetitive jobs like packing widgets will be replaced by robots. Neuroprosthetics have already allowed human thoughts to move prosthetic limbs and give people back their lives. But, evolving AI means not only restorative functions but enhancing them. Remember the 6 Million Dollar Man TV series, the bionic man? He's almost here.
We descended from apes. I predict that man has started to evolve into a new species, part human, part machine. Sci fi and fantasy writers have predicted this for decades. They warned us of the consequences of not putting safeguards in place. We worried in 2001, -will Hal 9000 or Dave control the future? What if they become one and the same?
Cyborg is human brain linked to cybernetics (complicated science). $5 to the first person to find a better word for our newly emerging species. -SQ
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