Artificial Intelligence Latest News & Updates: How Society Should Respond To The Rise Of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is perhaps one of the most debated and most controversial technologies today. In fact, experts have opposing opinions when it comes to the remarkable advancement and progress of AI technologies.

Over the past decade, people have witnessed how the media depicted the rise of artificial intelligence in numerous science-fiction films. But according to AI experts and researchers, the disturbing possibility of artificial intelligence going out of control or turning evil is a thing of the past, citing the fact that AI is only capable of performing very specific tasks.

Despite several explanations and discussions regarding artificial intelligence's potential to outwit humans by automating cognitive tasks, the rapid development and evolution of AI have led to concerns over safety and widespread unemployment.

The Impact Of Artificial Intelligence On People's Jobs And Way Of Life

Even though experts are also considering the potential dangers of artificial intelligence, they stressed that the possibility remains a "distant and uncertain prospect." As a matter of fact, AI could create more jobs, compared to the fears that technology could destroy it, The Economist notes.

The rise of artificial intelligence, however, could still result to job losses in the short term and as technology modifies the skills needed for each profession, employees face the challenge of making adjustments. That's why, experts are urging the society and legislators to have an "intelligent response" over AI issues.

How Society Should Response To Artificial Intelligence's Pervasiveness

Due to the pressing concerns of artificial intelligence's revolution, employers and legislators should go together and make efforts in ensuring human interactions are still needed despite the implementation of automation in the workplace. In addition, the issue also emphasized the significance of AI in efficiently teaching new skills rapidly.

With that said, workers' skills gap may be eliminated, where personalized PC-based learning will open opportunities for employees' retraining. But to ensure that the transition to the era of artificial intelligence would not be a burden on the welfare state, legislators should act now.

Why Artificial Intelligence Needs Women Researchers

It is already a known fact that the majority of professionals in the tech industry realm are men. However, this "homogeneity" in the field of artificial intelligence poses a major issue, which is creating AIs with biases.

"I call it a sea of dudes," Microsoft researcher Margaret Mitchell said, as per Bloomberg Technology. "I do absolutely believe that gender has an effect on the types of questions that we ask. From a machine learning perspective, if you don't think about gender inclusiveness, then oftentimes the inferences that get made are biased towards the majority group. If un-diverse stuff goes in, then closed-minded, inside-the-box, not-very-good results come out."

Other Artificial Intelligence News And Updates

Meanwhile, the ever-evolving field of artificial intelligence is definitely getting more exciting as Stanford University AI experts explored the social benefits of AI's growing emergence, Stanford News reveals. In terms of healthcare, AI continues to make big strides as IBM Watson and X Prize Foundation collaborated to launch a "$5 million challenge" that aims to create an AI app for healthcare, Gizmag reports.

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