Nicholas Thompson, Editor-In-Chief of Wired, explains the AI system "- And because it's an AI system, it's not just following instructions, it's figuring out its own instructions, it comes up with moves that humans hadn't thought of before. So, it studies games that humans have played, it knows the rules, and then it comes up with creative moves."
Artificial intelligence, AI, had proven it could marshal a vast amount of data, beyond anything a human could handle, and use that to teach itself how to predict an outcome. It seems as if everyone jumped on the bandwagon and embraced its maturity, without questioning its power.
In China, customers can now shop in stores without clerks or employees, but instead, use a face recognition system for their currency. I have never heard of this- and the first thing I thought of wasn't "Cool!" or "Awesome!", but what about national security? What about identity theft?
Everything in society, including people, is becoming autonomous- Robotic, even. As the advancement of technology already has drastically minimized and limited human connection and communication, now the AI system comes into play, where it is argued that a system is going to be able to function and communicate better than we can, as humans.
If you disagree with these ideas, you're referred to as a "huge pessimist", according to MIT Researcher Andrew McAfee.
In case no one understands the severity of this, in just 8 seconds, the AI system can assess 5,000 personal features from all your personal data. Where is the privacy? Where is the line that shall not be crossed when it comes to people's personal data? Where is the morality that a system is argued to know more about me than I know about myself?
When contemplating the pros and cons, the main pro that is discussed from Frontline is the medical advancements that can occur, and have already. The AI system has answered Dr. Lehman's medical thesis, asking, "Does this woman have cancer now, and will she develop cancer in five years?".
It is a no-brainer that a system like this can save so many lives, and I would be remiss to ignore the possibility and say that it wouldn't be a gift. But at what point does a gift become a responsibility? What is it going to take for people to realize that for one good thing, a thousand things have to be handed over? Is it to say that we don't have trust in our medical staff, or that we don't care to sell our souls and personal lives over for the sake of others?
The scariest part of it all, to me, is the fact that the development of the AI system is nowhere near done, and it will only get stronger from here. More power does not mean more maturity.
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