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Increasing Inequalities among Population

                  The current economic system provides economic rewards
                  based on contributions to the economy. This is true for all
                  the economies, i.e. capitalist, socialist, communist, mixed,
                  etc.  The  direct  consequence  of  AI adoption  will  be

                  reduction in number of people required for doing certain
                  specific  jobs.  This,  in  turn,  will  result  in  transfer  of
                  economic benefits from the persons doing these jobs to
                  the companies managing the AI system. This will increase
                  the income gaps and lead to concentration of economic
                  benefit in the hands of the few individuals.


                                                            Negative adoption of AI systems

                                                            History shows that human beings are capable of finding
                                                            negative or evil uses of every technology ever discovered.
                                                            This is also true for AI systems. In the hands of terrorists,
                                                            it can become a potential tool for spreading terror. In the
                                                            hands of cyber criminals, this can be a dream come true
                                                            for their hacking and damaging needs, and in the hands of
                                                            rival countries these technologies can spell doom for us.


                  Black Box Problem

                  AI  systems,  especially    the  ones  based  on  neural  networks,  cannot
                  explain the reasoning which they used for arriving at a peculiar decision
                  or solution. Most of the time, even their creators cannot explain the
                  process of the decision-making. This is known as the Black Box problem.
                  What happens inside the Black Box remains in the Black Box forever.

                  Cost Benefit Analysis of the AI Systems


                  The final conclusion here is to evaluate the benefits granted
                  by AI against the human costs to see if, the adoption of this
                  newly matured technology is justified or not. We must also
                  understand that even most of the technological advancements
                  of the past also came with their own limitations or dangers.
                  The solution does not lie with throwing away the technology,

                  but it lies in finding the way of overcoming limitations and
                  reducing the dangers. Every technological development can be used for the development of mankind,
                  or its destruction. For example, we can use dynamites to make mining easy, or we can also use them
                  as weapons; Nuclear power can be used to improve the quality of life of human beings, as well as to
                  create biological weapons.


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