The Impacts of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in the Society

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THE IMPACTS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ROBOTICS IN THE SOCIETY
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Abstract
In the past few decades, the emergence of new technologies have led to developments of artificial
intelligence and robots which are machine systems designed to behave and act like human beings. The
researches done by other scholars prove that artificial intelligence techniques and tools are part of our
societies like work society, homes, schools and other different environments around us and the rapidness
in technological growth the adaptation of AL and robotics in the society is growing at a rocket rate
(Geraci 2012).
Artificial intelligence is used to simplify the difficult tasks that human beings fail to do, or may it with
much difficulty. However, as the technology continually improves, there are arising questions relating to
the impacts that it is imposing in the society. Some scholars have it that, artificial intelligence and
robotics have a positive influence in the society and yet others argue that the development of artificial
intelligence and robotics are negatively affecting the society (Lin Abney and Bekey 2011). This creates a
motivation for further investigation. The study is therefore intended to critically investigate the impacts of
development and integration of artificial intelligence and robotics in the society.
Keywords
Artificial intelligence, robots, machine learning, algorithms
Introduction
There has been a tremendous change in the world resulting from the invention of new
technologies and innovation of the existing ones, which has led to the adaptation of artificial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence started gaining its popularity way back in the first half of the 20th century when the
scientist were familiarizing the world with the works of Artificial intelligence. By 1950s, there had risen a
series of scientists and mathematicians articulating the idea of machine learning in their minds and

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included Allan Turing, a British Plymouth (Goodrich and Schultz 2007, p.270). He analyzed and
evaluated the possibility of thinking and concluded that humans use obtainable data and reasoning in
solving problems and challenges. Due to this, the question of machines’ ability to think protruded and this
forms the analogy of the 1950 framework of Artificial Intelligence. Since then, there has been a
remarkable change in the world of artificial intelligence and robotics. Basing on the current trend of
technology, we substantially have it that the invention of new technology has changed the aspect of life
right from the daily living to the way businesses operate. According to the recent research reports, the
adaptation of artificial intelligence and robotics in societies is valued at trillion dollars in the upcoming
decades. This gives an insight of the expected saving that results from the adaptation of the new modern
technological trend (Bartneck et al. 2007, p.225).
Comparing the level of efficiency in the execution of tasks by the AL machines and the output of
humans, there is still a great difference. On some circumstances, machines have proved to be exceptional
and this is because, with humans, they undergo diminishing marginal productivity with time because the
daily work that was done by man have instead been assigned to computer systems, software and
algorithms. Questions have since been arising of how the future ways of doing work will look like in
relation to the past or the former ways of doing work. In the current generation and the generation to
come as technology emerges, works that were formally performed by people in societies have been
assigned to, computers since the existence of artificial intelligence. Since technology is on arise, an
impact will of course be in our societies, this may include the labor market and tasks done domestically.
In addition, the way people relate with each other, performance of tasks, seeking solutions, time allocated
for work, the ways of remuneration among others will be affected. The existence of machines,
computers, software in our societies which means homes, schools, hospitals, workplaces, and every other
environment will be a different place with this systems amongst us in societies (Lin et al. 2011, p.940).
Research questions
 How much effect have artificial intelligence systems caused in our societies?

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 Do availability of artificial intelligence systems still make work ethics a concern in our
societies?
 How much laziness have artificial intelligence systems caused n our societies?
Review of relevant literature.
Overview of Artificial intelligence (Al)
Artificial intelligence refers to the ability of a machine, software, algorithms or computer systems
to simulate to consistent, traditional ways of humans when a human capacity to contemplate and judge is
given to it. Therefore, artificial intelligence may mean investigating intelligent behavior to solve problems
or a need and to create intelligent systems. These systems help people to deal with problems and even
solve difficult problems that may arise. The growing applications of artificial intelligence in workplaces
and environments is causing the substitution of people with in many areas in our societies. For example,
artificial intelligence systems are used in transportation industries, manufacturing industries, energy
development industries among others (Beetz et al. 2007, p.40).
The inventory research of John McCarthy in 1955 led to the birth of artificial intelligence, with
assumptions, he found out that it learning and all other domains that relates to intelligence can be
described and simulated to a machine or computer system. Therefore, the work that would require
intelligence when a human performed it, would be described to a machine to perform instead. His
investigations showed how to test intelligence and to make these machines learn (Mubin et al. 2013, p.13)
In the early stages of Al, there were no resources to translate or interpret the computer ideas into
action and this led to the rise of many successes like in heuristic search, the artificial neural networks of
Frank Rosenblatt. Though there was a great progress by the 1980’s, very small percentage was practicing
artificial intelligence and there was a gap between the theories done and actually practiced intelligence.
With advances in technology by mid-1990, engineers were able to make robots, data was in big amounts