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What are the genuine concerns surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI)?<\/p>\n
The technological landscape is characterized by fluidity as newer inventions continuously emerge to enhance the efficiency of operations. Occasionally, a revolutionary technology emerges and shifts the direction of operations in an entire facet of human life. One such technology is artificial intelligence. This is a revolutionary technology with unprecedented capacities to alter how people work, play, and relate. Its impacts on various facets of life are already evident amid growing adoption across different industries. However, AI is not free from controversy: Concerned parties have raised issues with its potential moral impacts and humanity’s preparedness to handle them. While the concerns over AI’s moral consequences are valid and the push to have tech firms integrate moral goods into their business plans justified, much of the fears associated with these concerns are normal human responses to a major transition that will resolve over time.<\/p>\n
Different stakeholders have raised valid concerns over AI’s moral consequences. These concerns have culminated in the development of an academic ethical study called AI ethics, dedicated to studying the moral consequences of AI and the containment of the harms that may arise from its widespread use (Miller 23). These concerns are valid because AI is taking up a bigger decision-making role, and there is every reason for free thinkers to be worried about its potential impacts. Nearly all big companies have embraced this technology: They have multiple artificial intelligence systems, and they consider the deployment of this technology as an integral component of their strategy (Miller 23). Many small businesses are following, and in the next few decades, AI will likely have transitioned from a competitive advantage source to a critical determinant of business success. AI’s pervasive adoption is also evident at the individual level, with many consumer products like drones, smartphones, and social media products increasingly integrating it. Unfortunately, many companies adopting AI do so to gain a competitive edge over their competitors (Miller 23). Therefore, considerations for the potential moral consequences of its integration are not as detailed as the business benefits it promises. Therefore, the concerns by stakeholders are valid because companies are integrating the technology before thorough assessment of its potential moral consequences on society as a whole. <\/p>\n
Additionally, the push to have tech firms integrate moral goods into their business plans is justified. Given the mode of operation of this technology, it raises ethical concerns in three major areas- bias and discrimination, privacy and surveillance, and the role of human judgment. Even though it presents an excellent opportunity to address the problem of human biases and the associated discrimination, AI could achieve the opposite result if it bakes and deploys biases at scale in some sensitive application areas: The discrimination resulting from biases in scales used by this technology could be as harmful as the human biases-informed discriminations (Risse 14). At its core, AI uses sophisticated algorithmic systems that gather, store, and process humongous data to drive its decision-making processes: The surveillance that supports the systems in collecting, storing, and processing this data presents risks of privacy breaches (Talty 37). Lastly, experts fear that machines could become smarter and wield more power than humans as artificial intelligence advances- an instance called singularity (Talty 37). If such instances ever happen, there are concerns over the potential impact on the role of humans in the universe. Given the potential severity of these concerns, there is a need to put checks and balances in place to prevent and contain the likely harms arising from the pervasive deployment of AI systems. Therefore, the call by different stakeholders and lobby groups to push tech firms to integrate moral goods into their business plans is justified. <\/p>\n
Despite the heat they have generated and the associated fear of AI technology, these concerns are a normal human response to a major transition that will resolve over time. The concerns over the potential adverse ethical and human rights consequences of AI\u2019s widespread adoption have raised considerable heat. A significant proportion of society is now scared of technology because they fear its potential repercussions. Guided by this fear of AI’s potentially disruptive moral implications, some groups have campaigned against its use in various facets like healthcare and the criminal justice system. However, these fears are normal human reactions to a significant transition. In his article titled “Leveling the Playing Field: How to keep the next industrial revolution from becoming a winner-takes-all event,” John Lanchester explores the fears raised by artificial intelligence and compares them to those that prevailed during the industrial revolution years. He compares how the proportion of American workers employed in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors dropped significantly from 38% and 25% to 1.5% and 7.9% respectively between 1900 and the present without a catastrophe of unemployment as would have been expected. Lanchester posits that other sectors of the economy grew and made up for the decline in employment by these sectors. The same can be said of the fears associated with AI; supplementary technologies will emerge to address valid concerns over time. Given time, it is certain from experience that society will manage the transition, and the fears it raises will be resolved.<\/p>\n
Even though the concerns over AI\u2019s moral consequences are valid and the push to have tech firms integrate moral goods into their business plans justified, much of the fears associated with these concerns are normal human responses to a major transition that will resolve over time. Stakeholders have raised valid concerns over the potential moral consequences of AI, culminating in the emergence of a field o academic ethics called AI ethics. These concerns are valid because the competitive advantage motive drives many companies adopting AI today, and they do not consider the technology’s potential moral consequences. Different stakeholders and lobby groups have also tightened their push to compel tech firms to integrate moral goods into their business plans. These calls are justified because AI presents unprecedented risks to society in key ethical areas like bias and discrimination, privacy and surveillance, and the role of human judgment. Tech firms must assure the public that they have the appropriate checks and balances in place to address these concerns. Therefore, the calls to compel them to integrate moral goods in their business plans are justified. Even though the concerns over AI\u2019s moral implications have generated considerable heat and fears leading to some calls to abandon the technology, these are normal reactions to a technological transition that will resolve over time. Most monumental technologies raise similar concerns and fears in the initial stages, but the fears resolve over time. The same will happen with artificial intelligence; time is the most crucial factor in managing the changes. <\/p>\n
Works Cited<\/p>\n
Lanchester, John. “LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD: How to Keep The Next Industrial Revolution From Becoming A Winner-Takes-All Event.” Time International (South Pacific Edition), (2019): 75-77.<\/p>\n
Miller, John. “THE CREEPING ETHICAL CHALLENGES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. ” America Magazine, (2018): 22-26. <\/p>\n
Risse, Mathias. “Human rights and artificial intelligence: An urgently needed agenda.”\u00a0Human Rights Quarterly\u00a041.1 (2019): 1-16.<\/p>\n
Talty, Stephan. “Be Aware: Will Robots Become Self-Aware? Will They Have Rights? Will They Be In Charge? Here Are Five Scenarios from Our Future Dominated By Artificial Intelligence”.\u00a0Smithsonian Magazine, (2021): 34-43.<\/p>\n
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