Is Artificial Intelligence Taking Over the World?
Talking about technology, we all know something fishy has been going on lately. Every day we come across new ways to make our lives easier and ourselves lazier, but are we thinking about what might happen to manual labor? What if the machines excel at human intelligence and eventually start making decisions without human interference, giving rise to catastrophic outcomes?
This article will unleash five threats that we may face in the future with AI.
1. AI Will Automate Standardized ‘Knowledge Work’
AI might take over the world, and manual labor might eventually disappear. Many Knowledge workers are already using the automated system for things like managing and reviewing contracts, etc.
Many people have found the love of their lives using AI-influenced dating apps. No wonder AI has its perks too. Over 60% of AI users at a physical retail store said they needed AI to help them with demand forecasting and stock allocation to meet customer service requirements.
2. Manual Labor is Vanishing
AI is coming to eat your job. According to Statista, AI might violate citizen rights and, more broadly, human rights in general, threatening to make them lose their jobs.
People are still talking about ‘AI coming, entirely blinded by the fact that AI is already here. We don’t have years to come up with a suitable answer to what might happen to manual labor; people are already losing their jobs as AI development has been moving rapidly while we have been distracted by inflation, pandemics, and politics.
3. AI in Customer Service
From taking dictation to scheduling their appointments and then reminding them about them, AI has replaced the job of a personal assistant or secretary.
During a survey conducted worldwide in 2019, 78% of organizations said they use chatbots for self-service. The most popular AI today that we all thought was ‘funny’ back then is Siri. It can write a text per your command word for word without any error within minutes.
4. Impact of AI on Humans
AI has reduced human efforts. Humans are losing the ability to think, make quick decisions, and operate a system, thus making them lazy. AI is accepting or rejecting your resumes before even forwarding them to the hiring team, who will only get short-listed candidates, ultimately making it easy for them to make quick decisions. The automated nature of AI prevents humans from memorizing and using analytical skills.
5. How is AI Affecting Our Education System?
AI does your assignments; there’s little to no physical interaction needed or left between the students and the teachers. Teachers are losing their jobs and burning down their degrees as AI replaces them with tutoring apps.
Students are moving far away from the education environment and real-time physical interaction with other students that used to have a considerable impact on their civic responsibilities, character, and ability to use cognition and make decisions.
Conclusion:
AI can significantly affect the healthcare system, the education system, and other assistance jobs. Although AI has many benefits as it automates, completes the work faster, and saves time, it concerns humans’ ability to lose the power of decision-making, making them lazier and crucial for our personal growth and development.
AI is a double-edged sword if you think about it.
