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Artificial Intelligence Fear: Irrational or Justified?
Artificial Intelligence Fear: Irrational or Justified?

October 4, 2024

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Leading figures in the technology sector have recently discussed the reasons why we should be concerned about the future uses of artificial intelligence. They make their case in two separate ways. They consider artificial intelligence to be one of the most fundamentally transformative technological advancements in human history, but they also think that its potential for change should cause us to be wary. AI has the capacity to revolutionize society in both beneficial and detrimental ways if it is transformative at all. 

However, technology has always been accompanied by a dread of the unknown, from the wheel to the internet. So, should we be concerned about AI? while new technologies can have unanticipated side effects, AI is not inherently bad, "out of control," or hazardous. What's risky is how we choose to utilize it. 

 

AI can be categorized into three major groups: 

 

  1. Artificial Narrow Intelligence: 

ANI is "narrow" simply because it is specialized to the role for which it has been built, a far cry from the type of primitive AI that defeated human chess players in the late 1990s. ANI is not less effective or significant just because its application is constrained. ANI is most of the technology powering our cell phones, internet transactions, and social networking apps. It has the ability to detect your Facebook friends' faces just as well as you do. 

 

  1. Artificial General Intelligence: 

The situation becomes much more intriguing at this second level of AI. Because it represents the capability of a machine that is as intelligent as a human in every way, AGI is sometimes referred to as human-level AI or the point of Singularity. When a computer reaches this level, it can plan, reason, solve problems, and grasp abstract and sophisticated concepts. Once we've defeated AGI, computers will be able to learn from mistakes and draw intelligent conclusions just as quickly—if not faster—than the human brain.   

 

  1. Artificial Super Intelligence: 

An idealized kind of artificial intelligence (AI) known as artificial super intelligence (ASI) goes beyond just replicating or understanding human intellect and behavior. When computers possess ASI, which gives them self-awareness, they can outperform humans in terms of intellect and competence. 

Future dystopias where computers rule the world or subjugate or enslave humans have long been inspired by superintelligence. Artificial intelligence (AI) is said to grow to the point where it is so close to human emotions and experiences that it can comprehend them and evoke their sentiments, wants, beliefs, and objectives. 

 

GENERAL CONCERN WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 

General concern about AI and what it could be able to do is one of the most pervasive anxieties about technology. Because we worry that we won't be able to manage them, people dislike computers that become very intelligent. A broad lack of trust in the advancement of intelligent systems technology is being brought on by this often-used example of AI gone wrong. The overall concern is that as AI systems become smarter and the human intellect around these systems rises, these two unknowns don't provide us with a clear direction for where things may go.  

The knowledge that people have evolved and adapted alongside technical advancements every time human civilization has experienced a significant transition or shift is a potent antidote to general fear. 

 

FEAR ABOUT AI: IT WILL ELIMINATE JOBS 

Another major fear is that people think that they will lose their jobs to artificial intelligence. The fact that this wave of automation will primarily affect white-collar, service-oriented jobs based on knowledge workers rather than the blue-collar, manufacturing-oriented jobs that bore the brunt of the previous wave's automation is a major source of concern. As the usage of AI expands and enters the commercial world, there will be less demand for qualified human labor in many sectors of the economy. AI also has an impact on blue-collar jobs like delivery and cab driving, as well as many other areas of manufacturing, transportation, and supply chain. The reality already exists since computers that are intelligent enough can perform 80% of any of these occupations thanks to the now available technology. 

The argument against it is that some of these systems aren't yet reliable enough to take over a lot of human employment. Despite the many capabilities that AI systems provide, they are unable to function independently. In reality, the majority of effective AI implementations focus on enhancing human intellect rather than completely replacing it, helping humans in their areas of expertise. Technology waves generally replace job categories rather than overall occupations when they affect businesses and employees. In reality, although robots just replace the conventional methods of doing things, employment overall continues to expand and fill new voids. Businesses don't fully abandon strategies that have proven successful. It's a more widespread move into the realm of cutting-edge technology like AI. AI is not a job killer; rather, it kills job categories, as is frequently said. 

 

SUPER INTELLIGENCE: THE SOURCE OF AI DREAD 

The fear of super intelligence or that AI would develop to a level where it no longer cares about or is concerned with the survival of mankind, as happened with Skynet in the Terminator film series, is likely the largest concern with AI making headlines. When technology reaches a stage where it can advance, innovate, and learn for itself, rather than advancing humans, humanity will become a tool in the hands of technology. After a certain point, things will be moving so quickly that our minds won't be able to keep up with invention, progress, and improvement.  

What will it mean for mankind when computing systems surpass their human creators, which is extremely likely to happen? It raises questions about the nature of intelligence, how it is measured and defined for both humans and machines and how the world will change as a result of the new definition. But all of this is based on the assumption that systems can and will be able to acquire Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and that we, as a species or a society, won't be able to put measures in place to prevent the computers from getting there. 

The main argument against all of this is that we are still a lot further away from reaching AGI than we believe we are. There are certain portions of the technology that aren't functioning very well, even while a lot of it is developing fast to realize limited AI goals. 

 

CONCLUSION 

All of these worries stem from the reality that we just don't know where AI is headed or how fast we will be there. Technology advances in ways we didn't expect it to and does things that we thought would take a while but didn't. However, some of the things we expected to arrive sooner haven't. Simply said, we must wait and watch what transpires in this circumstance.  

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