AI or “Artificial Intelligence” is a logical, automated tool or process, usually based on an algorithm, that is capable of performing well-defined tasks. According to ChatGPT, it refers to the simulation of intelligent processes by machines, particularly computers. The aim of AI is to develop systems capable of performing tasks that generally require human intelligence. These tasks include problem solving, learning, understanding natural language, pattern recognition, decision making and other cognitive activities.
Today, AI can do a huge range of things, including writing, sorting, creating art, science and even cartoons. We have seen the appearance of completely invented videos of celebrities speaking in another language or doing incoherent actions. Today, we are in a period where many people fear the potential of AI and the replacement it will make in our society. But when is it really?
Researchers from OpenAI, in collaboration with Open Research and the University of Pennsylvania, tried to find out which professions were most at risk from a sample of a thousand. “For the first time in the history of technological innovation, it was the intellectual professions that were most affected. And more specifically, the writing professions. Writers, poets and lyricists would see their future darkened, as would journalists, as CNET’s experimentation in this area had already suggested. The legal profession will not escape the wave, with legal assistants, as will highly technical professions such as mathematicians, accountants, blockchain engineers and even digital interface designers”, according to Clubic. According to the same study, “80% of jobs would see at least 10% of their tasks performed by ChatGPT and its ilk”.
However, some people are not worried about AI. AI is only valid in very specific fields and contexts. The non-existence of a single AI is reassuring for anyone who sees it as an opportunity to improve business performance. In fact, Forrester predicts that investment in AI will triple in 2017. Artificial intelligence enables them to obtain valuable information that was previously unavailable, all thanks to cognitive interfaces integrated into complex systems, particularly in terms of machine learning. There are many people who think like this, such as neurosurgeon Henry Marsh and sociologist Antonio Cassili. What’s more, some governments and politicians are starting to react in order to limit the influence of AI, such as Japan, which is preventing any remuneration for the use of AI in cartoons.
To conclude, I would say that from my point of view AI can be like a knife or a nuclear weapon. Both harmless and dangerous. It’s very important to know how to use it and to regulate it. AI can be a remarkable asset for humanity, helping researchers, students or office workers. However, it must not be used in just any way, by usurping someone else’s identity or completely eliminating the jobs of thousands of people in order to make a profit.
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- CHATGPT