Argumentative Essay on Artificial Intelligence

Argumentative Essay on Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence also referred to as A.I is the study of intelligence design that simulates human processes such as learning and reasoning. Artificial intelligence has the ability to solve any problem by applying intelligence as seen in computers that are communicating and calculating data quickly and accurately. Some people worry that A.I could at some point start controlling themselves and attack their owners or be weaponized and used to start wars while others believe it can be beneficial in solving problems in various fields such as technology and medicine. I believe that artificial intelligence will have a negative impact on peoples’ lives and this is a bad thing. Artificial intelligence should be beneficial and not something that will bring problems in the future. Artificial intelligence is replacing many people in their jobs. A.I is accurate, fast as compared to a person and it also reduces cost of paying employees (Korinek & Stiglitz 2017). These jobs are being taken by robots and increasing the rate of unemployment. The use of robots in manufacturing industries leads to increase in productivity and decrease in defects rendering human labor obsolete. Intelligent machines such as robots are slowly taking over the job market, a good example being in the banks and supermarkets. For the longest time tellers would help in queuing and making transactions in banks as cashiers directed customers to where certain products were. We should therefore be competitive and improve on skills that make us different from artificial intelligent machines or major in fields that cannot be replaced by A.I such as human resource. Artificial intelligence can be used to get personal information of the owner against their will. This information could be governments secrets that if leaked could cause war on the other hand, it can be used to extort people and cyberbullying. A.I can also be hacked forcing people to do things that they would not do on normal occasions. With the information gained, A.I can be used to destroy a country. Important communication and power systems could be shut down causing chaos in hospitals, airports and in banks. As a result of the chaos, lives could be lost and the economy of the country crippled. Measures should be taken to ensure that the data fed to the A.I is well protected to prevent hackers from accessing such information and it should also have an off switch incase information was being released without authorization. Artificial Intelligence has a main goal of achieving its command. It lacks moral and ethical values. Artificially intelligent machines cannot be human since they lack the ability to feel empathy or remorse. In situations where the machine is working with people it focuses more on achieving its goal rather than considering how it makes people feel. Intelligent machines may get out of order and hurt innocent lives especially where the machine has limited time to solve a specific task (Patrizio 2016). The main reason why A.I is yet to achieve human abilities to think is because when faced with a challenge it is unable to be creative in ways to solve the problem at hand. Artificial intelligence has helped by making our daily activities easier to accomplish. Invention of pulleys, washing machines and wheels have either done jobs or made work easier for us giving people more time to have fun and focus on more important things (Huang & Rust 2018). Where human beings are limited or unable to perform certain tasks, intelligent machines have been able to overcome the limitations. In mining the machines can do the work without the fear of the tunnels collapsing causing death. A.I can also be used in dangerous missions and in performing critical tasks. In the medical field A.I will be used to administer treatment when the medical practitioners are busy or during complex procedures that require precision. Since they are machines, they will not get exhausted and will be very accurate serving many patients without errors. Some scientists believe that artificial intelligence is the future of humankind. In conclusion, the use of artificial intelligence has some advantages as well as disadvantages. The consequences being creation of unemployment, cyberbullying, theft of personal information and destruction of countries. Just like many scientists who believe that artificial intelligence is a danger to humans and could end the entire human race, we should be very careful when dealing with artificial intelligence as it could destroy so much with little time. People should be educated on machines so as to be prepared when they are given intelligence and know how to deal with the challenges they bring.