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AI-related concerns
AI has given rise to some real social concerns:
- Employment issues is one of the key concerns, particularly when machines start to replace humans’ jobs across a variety of industries and fields. So how do we make sure that people have sufficient jobs? Of course, AI, or automation, doesn’t render us all unemployed. Indeed, we need to think about other areas of employment that AI will struggle to fill.
- Inequality is a concern, because there will be obvious winners and losers in this regard. We need to think about how high-intensity capital versus lower intensity capital is measured and considered to reduce inequalities. In some future predictions, the rich will get very rich and the poor will be made poorer as their jobs and modes of income are replaced by AI processes.
- Nothing is perfect, so robotic errors are inevitable in an AI environment. How can we anticipate these problems and develop solutions for them?
- It is important to consider software security. Recognize the issues around software security and then engage with AI to solve these problems.
Economic impacts
The economic impacts of AI include the following:
- AI enables faster decision-making. This in turn enables us to respond or adapt more efficiently.
- AI also results in lower costs because of reduced decision inputs and manual inputs.
- AI facilitates better job allocation. You can steer people away from manual tasks and have machines take care of those duties.
- AI creates greater scale for you. In other words, you can upscale your operation in a much more robust way, and with a lot less variability.
Technological singularity
The technological singularity is the hypothesis that the invention of AI could abruptly trigger runaway technological growth, resulting in unimaginable changes to human civilization. Fundamentally, this could possibly shift the way that humans operate, we live, the way that the economic model works, the way that we have employability, humanity, and jobs.
Benefits
Some of the benefits of AI and Machine Learning include:
- Low error rates when applied correctly
- It reduces human effort in repetitive tasks
- 24/7 application
Limitations
The limitations include:
- It requires Supervision
- There's limited creativity and scope of improvement with experience
- They are still unable to replace humans
Digital Marketing Resources:
Jack Preston
Jack Preston is a Data Scientist working within marketing analytics, with a particular focus on strategic customer loyalty. Jack has experience working in both small-scale startups and large corporates, including dunnhumby and Notonthehighstreet. He also holds an MSc in Business Analytics from UCL where he graduated with distinction.
