AI

    After watching the documentary on Artificial Intelligence[or AI], it has taught me some interesting things that could affect the livelihoods of everyone.

    AI has gone through a process and now has a program called Deep Learning. This is when the programming can mimic the networks of the human brain. Using this program, AI can think and do tasks like a human if not better, but is that a good thing? This could lead to a lot of job losses. Something that is not talked about is the fact that women disproportionately hold the jobs that today are at the highest risk of automation. This could lead to a future where almost 300 million jobs are affected by Artificial Intelligence.

    However, when it comes to the use of AI, it can morph into a tool of power. Since AI is just a tool, it is mostly there to serve the people who control the algorithm. So AI can become a more corrupt tool than what is being shown. 

    Using the power of AI, things like social media platforms can easily collect data on you and send it to someone else. This horrible invasion of privacy can be used for something much worse. They can collect pictures of you and use them however they please. If certain things get into the hands of the wrong people things can be much worse. AI has gotten to the point where it can imitate a voice as long as it has a small clip of your voice. This has been used by scammers in order to trick family members into sending money to them.

    This can also cause what is known as the bandwagon effect. A study was shown that people are more willing to do things such as vote when they know other people are doing it, more specifically when they know the people. They are able to the admitting things to a social media platform and manipulate the things that you see in order to influence you.

    While this type of technology would make a lot of things very easy, it can be easily manipulated into something terrible. Such a powerful tool should be used to better the world, however, the people in this world are too corrupt and will most likely use it for their own selfish needs.