Main point: “AI’s ultimate impact is impossible to predict.”
Supporting points:
- “One hypothesis is that it will bring us an era of boundless leisure, with humans no longer required to work.”
- “A more dystopian thought experiment concludes that a robot programmed with the innocuous goal of manufacturing paper clips might eventually transform the world into a giant paper clip factory.”
- “…we can anticipate the near future of artificial intelligence, including our interactions with this technology and its limits. Most of it, experts say, will be designed to take on a wide range of specialized functions.”
Uses of AI:
“Machine learning is one of an expanding collection of AI tools that will help people make smarter, healthier decisions.”
“Increasingly emotionally sophisticated personal assistants will motivate us and challenge us.”
“AI is also being used to create therapeutic tools.”
Concerns: “Repetitious jobs such as factory work and customer service have already started to be usurped by AI, and job loss is among the greatest public concerns when it comes to automation.”
Predictions: “…we will not just trust these virtual entities completely but connect with them on a deeply personal level and include them in our social groups.”