I was with few friends this evening, we had some great conversation. One train of thought went on to Artificial Intelligence and the betterment of our life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am not a pessimist but am also not a blind follower of the premise that AI is a magic bullet for solving all our miseries. I believe many of us will be marginalized, punished if we will opt-out. The algorithms will put us in a different bucket and treat us with an outsider bias. There will be no choice but to board on that herd with other civilians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Capitalism being a double-edged sword widened the income disparity. I see similarly AI taking away most of our consciousness. I can’t imagine living a life where machines or algorithms are deciding what is good for me or punishing me for my mistakes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some people also say that AI will make us free, give us more time to think, pursue our creativity. I don’t buy that argument, we humans will find something else to keep us and our thoughts engaged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also feel there is a need for AI ethics, otherwise, many Cambridge Analytica likes scandals will surface and democracy will get in hands of few oligarchs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Backers of AI swear by the utopia of meritocracy and bidding. When I am also the marketplace and a vendor, why and how will I not tweak the AI in my favor?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also believe there is a need for universal basic income. Are less skilled humans a waste, of no use or deserve a life? Or we will throw them like street dogs to fight a civil war because most of our minuscule tasks have been taken care of via AI?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some also think about increasing productivity and production line efficiency. As if hoarding and consumerism have not done enough mess to our planet that we need to produce more? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then via capitalism, overburdening with a loan and offering mass discounts we will make the life of rest in more stress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
1984, is a dystopian novel by English novelist George Orwell. He talks about the mass surveillance society, are we not getting closer to it? Is AI not playing a bigger role in it? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do we really liked to be watched continuously by the machine or cameras? How does it not put us in bracket of animals in some ZOO?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I was with few friends this evening, we had some great conversation. One train of thought went on to Artificial Intelligence and the betterment of our life. I am not a pessimist but am also not a blind follower of the premise that AI is a magic bullet for solving all our miseries. I believe … <\/p>\n