Threats of Artificial Intelligence
With technology advancing and artificial intelligence developing, robots are becoming more exceptional and intelligent. Although it benefits many sectors, researching Ai safety is important as it could potentially undergo self-improvement, triggering a cataclysmic explosion leaving humans far behind.
Hence, today we will dive into the topic of artificial intelligence, the remarkable benefits, the existential risks, and the solutions. I will be introducing Artificial Intelligence briefly, then elaborating on its threats and dangers.
What is Artificial Intelligence?
Artificial intelligence consists of building intelligent machines capable of performing tasks that require human knowledge. Advancement in sectors like machine learning and computer science has enabled technology to progress in AI and deep learning of robots.AI can operate autonomously and can learn and execute tasks independently.
some examples of artificial intelligence in our everyday life are:
- smart assistants(Google, Siri)
- Online shopping and personalized advertisements(cookies)
- Smart homes and infrastructure in cities(using Ai to reduce traffic jams and smart devices that can control home)
- Self-driving cars, cars that use Ai-powered safety functions.
Threats of Artificial Intelligence
However, although this brings many benefits, it also comes with costs and setbacks. The smarter machines become, the more they could expand their goals to do more complicated things, and move away from their job scope. Once computers can effectively reprogram and improve themselves, destructive superintelligence can escape our control to wreak havoc.
Here are some of the concerns and threats of artificial intelligence.
Examples
1. AI involving the use of autonomous weapons can result in AIs doing something devastating. (Military use of AI)
Autonomous weapons are autonomous military systems that can independently search and engage targets. humans could become arrogant and lose control of Ai in an arms race. Ai labs will feel increasing pressure to take shortcuts around safety precautions during an arms race, and these threats could become more dangerous.
Secondly, AI requires no costly or hard-to-obtain raw materials, hence they will become notorious, fall into the hands of the wrong people, and be used against humans. these weapons could be hacked, which would enable assassinations and become weapons of oppression.
2. Privacy and ‘deep fakes
Deepfakes is the use of digital alteration to imitate someone else in a video.
Deepfakes are typically maliciously used to spread false and bad information about someone, such as to manipulate society into thinking a politician has spouted racist or sexist views when they never harbored ill intentions.
This could have devastating impacts on political campaigns. It may even cause political outrage and lead to high-ranking officials being framed and possibly arrested for something they never did.
Other nefarious uses of deepfakes are:
- -scams and hoaxes
- identity theft and financial fraud
- Social engineering
3.Job automation
with AI introduced, jobs involving repetitive and predictable tasks- disruption is well underway. Robots now overpower humans because of their productivity and accuracy and are less prone to errors.
Here are jobs and sectors which are vulnerable to job automation.
As shown in statistics, the most vulnerable group is accommodation and food services. Delivery jobs, waiters, bellhops, and the front desk are repetitive jobs that involve little thinking and creativity. This is why lifelong continuous learning is vital.
Companies must upskill their employees as automation occurs. We have to understand that artificial intelligence is not stealing our jobs but helps to increase efficiency and improve the way we work. Hence, for humans and AI to both succeed, they must collaborate. Humans should excel at areas that require creative thinking and social abilities, while A helps to do repetitive and boring work.
Solutions and prevention of AI threats
1.Protect data and privacy (Digital Security)
Only the data types necessary to create the AI should be collected, and the data should be kept secure. penetration testing should be done to make sure that the data is well-protected. If this data is breached, hackers can take control of the AIs and exploit these vulnerabilities.
2.Safety should be the priority
When creating AI, producers should always ensure that their product is safe and mandatory tests should be conducted to make sure they meet the necessary safety requirements. They need to ensure they can recover from errors and can troubleshoot themselves if they face such circumstances.
3. Upskill and adapt
Ai is going to reform our world, and it’s going to change the way we do many things. Hence, for us to benefit and harvest its fruits, we need to ensure continuous learning and come up with new creative ideas. This will allow us to cooperate and work with AI, making our lives and the world better.
Actionable advice: Here is a challenge and action I have for you. During this quarantine and pandemic, upskill yourself and learn new skills(preferably technology-related and those that involve creative thinking). Learn about coding, ethical hacking, or data science, or machine learning. Start now, and I assure you these skills will benefit you in the future.
Conclusion
hence, AI is like a double-edged sword, and to harvest its full potential and benefits, we have to take preventive measures and find solutions to these threats. We also have to grow and adapt to the technological world, and this will allow us to appreciate AI, collaborating with it to solve more global issues and improve the effectiveness of our lives.
Thank you for reading my blog. I hoped that you have taken away something valuable from this article today, and take on the challenge to upskill yourself in the competitive world we live in.
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This blog is about world issues. I research the issues and give my opinions and provide solutions. I originally wanted to blog about games but I changed the idea as I wanted my blog to be meaningful and helpful. my blog usually consists of 3 parts, the introduction(what is the world issue), the cause of the issue, and the conclusion(how can we resolve the issue).
I hope this blog can raise awareness of world issues and help us to be informed of the world issues that are plaguing us, and how we can play a part to reduce the threat, problems, and issues.
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