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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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