Blog 5: Age of AI

 Age of AI

Artificial Intelligence is taking over the world. Now, AI is changing society. In the documentary, "In the Age of AI" by FRONTLINE, it gave an eye opening look at what AI really is. 

There are a variety of positive aspects to AI. In the documentary, it mentions how AI is making other industries like medicine and education better. It talks about how AI has the potential to improve these fields. Improving efficiency is one of the ways that AI will make the world better. AI in healthcare has allowed for quicker diagnosis with the way AI speeds up that process, which has allowed for better treatment. AI can adapt to the needs of people and alter the way it gives information. AI does not just help people, it can also help the environment. The documentary states that AI can be helpful in cutting energy use in cities and improving management. 

There is a lot of privacy concern when it comes to AI. The documentary stated how every online interaction we have, our data is getting analyzed and collected. The documentary states, "AI is the ultimate tool of wealth creation." It brings awareness to have views think about how much data that online sources like Facebook has. The data the is being collected can lead to identity theft and other security concerns. These sources are gathering information about you that is being shared and once these sources have it, privacy is being taken away. According to Kai-Fu Lee, "Ai is a set of tools that helps you maximize an objective function and that objective function initially will simply be make more money."  Although AI is a resource that can be used in wealth and companies, it is slowly taking over peoples jobs. 

The documentary also discusses how AI affects national security. The government is trying to use AI to protect people and prevent crimes from happening, but this could lead to a more controlling government. AI can improve national security by responding to threats and emergencies more quickly, however, AI can be used to target other companies and servers as well. According to the documentary, it states, "Democracy is threatened by the progress of these tools unless we improve our social norms and we increase the collective wisdom at the planet level to deal with that increased power." As AI advances, it can become a threat to democracy, which is why we need to be responsible when using tools this powerful.