8/3/22, 1:50 PM
Is artificial intelligence a (job) killer?
https://theconversation.com/is-artificial-intelligence-a-job-killer-80473
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AI’s performance is also restricted by the amount of available data. In my own AI research, for
example, I apply deep neural networks to
medical diagnostics, which has sometimes resulted in
slightly better diagnoses than in the past, but nothing dramatic.
In part, this is because we do not have large collections of patients’ data to feed the machine. But the
data hospitals currently collect cannot capture the complex psychophysical interactions causing
illnesses like coronary heart disease, migraines or cancer.
Robots stealing your jobs
So, fear not, humans. Febrile predictions of AI singularity aside, we’re in no
immediate danger of
becoming irrelevant.
AI’s capabilities drive science fiction novels and movies and fuel interesting philosophical debates, but
we have yet to build a single self-improving program capable of general artificial intelligence, and
there’s no indication that intelligence could be infinite.
Deep neural networks will, however, indubitably automate many jobs. AI will take our jobs,
jeopardising the existence of manual labourers, medical diagnosticians, and perhaps, someday, to my
regret, computer science professors.
Robots are already conquering Wall Street. Research shows that “artificial intelligence agents” could
lead some 230,000 finance jobs to disappear by 2025.
In the wrong hands, artificial intelligence can also cause serious danger. New
computer viruses can
detect undecided voters and bombard them with tailored news to swing elections.
Already, the United States, China, and Russia are investing in autonomous weapons using AI in
drones, battle vehicles, and fighting robots, leading to a dangerous arms race.
Now that’s something we should probably be nervous about.
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