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AI and Ethics: are we becoming spectators of our own lives?

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AI and Ethics: are we becoming spectators of our own lives?


Artificial intelligence is new to humans. However, most of the ethical issues it raises are not. Today, AI is presenting us with aged- old dilemmas in particular powerful forms.

AI has a myriad of applications. From helping curing diseases, to enabling smart cities and redefining poverty, AI will give us the potential to undergo a miraculous upgrade and master our destiny beyond our wildest dreams. However, everything comes with a price. Indeed, as AI is developed, an increasing number of human skills are being eclipsed by intelligent self-improving machines one after another EXPONENTIALLY.

As AI rises, we need to make sure it's applications are genuinely enhancing human life and human agency rather than squeezing our humanity to one side as mere consumers or AI


Take chess. In 1997, chess computer Deep Blue, developed by IBM, beat the reigning world champion Garry Kasparov in six games. Thirty years later, AlphaZero, an AI device created by Google enters the pictures becoming the world’s best chess engine. But is this mean that our intelligence has being completely replaced by computers?

Let’s look at another example. The entertainment industry has been heavily disrupted since the rise of AI. Today this advanced technology can compose and play music, write novels to suit particular individuals and produce computer games that fulfil our needs. Could we be permanently entertained, never pick a film, and always enjoy the music chosen for us? And if so, does this mean that we are becoming spectators of our own lives?

Not necessarily. However,

It is up to us to determine where the machine should stop, and the humans should prevail






A post written by Carly. 





Reference list


The Telegraph. (2019). Rise of the robots: should AI replace human creativity?. [online] Available at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/information-age/risks-of-artificial-intelligence/ [Accessed 29 Sep. 2019].

The Ringer. (2019). AI Taught Itself How to Be the Best Chess Player in the World—So, Uh, What’s Next?. [online] Available at: https://www.theringer.com/tech/2018/11/8/18069092/chess-alphazero-alphago-go-stockfish-artificial-intelligence-future [Accessed 29 Sep. 2019].

YouTube. (2019). We need to talk about AI - a film by Futurist Gerd Leonhard: thoughts on artificial intelligence. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=237&v=XUVS5d3-Bis [Accessed 29 Sep. 2019].

















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