Is Artificial Intelligence a Threat or an Aid?

This essay examines the multifaceted impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on humanity, exploring its ethical implications, benefits, and threats. It highlights AI's potential to assist in development, particularly in medicine and industry, while also addressing concerns about job displacement and potential misuse. The essay concludes by considering the impact of AI on humanity, arguing that while it offers potential for progress, it's crucial to maintain a balanced approach and prioritize human values.

ESSAY

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TOPIC..............................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

TOPIC
Is artificial intelligence a threat or an aid to the future of humanity?
INTRODUCTION
This essay is based on the significance of artificial intelligence in current
scenario. It mainly deals with designing and programming of machines to conduct day-
to-day activities of human's life in a more convenient manner. This has brought major
changes in generic areas and became an integral part of the entire community. In
regard to this, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is defined as the study of transformation of
computers by providing a human touch by using abilities like thinking, speaking,
listening and learning to make it more competent and proficient.
Here, the thesis statement is related to the overall study of the beneficial effects
with an outline of the ethical suggestions for AI's proper usage and inclusion in daily
lives of human population. In context to essay, the following structure has been followed
that comprises ethical implications, artificial intelligence's benefits and threats as well
and its complete interconnectivity with humanity factor.
Illustration 1: Evolution of Artificial Intelligence
(Source:Artificial Intelligence and Investing in the Future of Technology, 2017)

MAIN BODY
Ethical implications of Artificial Intelligence
Ethical implications can be determined by various factors in artificial intelligence
context, it has been considered as a significant part to understand the moral values,
principles and appropriate behaviour while using tools, etc. AI has been an ongoing
trend that has been using in an exponential rate. However, there are growing concerns
for protecting the ethical values and societal norms. Here, it is categorised into broad
two classifications as the robo-ethics and machine ethics. Moreover, there is a need for
transparency with an open and elaborative source of framework to understand the
ethical obligations with an emphasis on the humanitarian grounds as well.
Moreover, there is a need of consistent efforts from various celebrities and
personalities like corporate leaders, technologists, ethicists and the entire global market
that can together help in the decision making for understanding the humans'
contribution. It also assists a safe and secure framework under the ethical and legal
composition (Makridakis,2017). Henceforth, all the organizations, firms along with the
government must make and implement smart policies to use AI's tools in terms of
financial profits and decisions that benefit everyone. This must be done by following the
ethical procedures to maintain and manage the feasibility and reliability parameters
when using AI to make it more suitable. Lastly, this part gives insights on the
optimisation of the available data by using practical and executable framework to lay an
understanding for fulfilling the corporate social responsibility.
Assistance for development by Artificial Intelligence
AI has been in demand due to its sudden rise in varied sectors such as medicine,
nuclear energy and defence. Moreover, it has already been implemented in many areas
and brought radical changes that made human lives convenient and easy (Russell and
Norvig, 2016). There has been a wide range of discoveries by using artificial intelligence
in context to industries. Additionally, it supported the firms and companies to fight for the
competitive advantages that is existing in the global marketplaces. It is done by
grabbing the preventive measures to minimise the risks associated with the businesses
and processes.

Moreover, it has paved a path of profits and success through utilising the AI
inventions in the medical field. Furthermore, this has improvised the communication
gaps between the patients and the professionals working in the health care sector. This
AI helped in understanding the difficult diseases like Alzheimer, dementia, cancer etc.
with the prime focus on the prevention (Makridakis, 2017). It is useful by incorporating
precise and coherent approaches for effectiveness. Along with, it has been established
that with the help of AI technologies, the diagnosis and treatments can be improved to
minimise the errors; it can easily recall data of the patients like records, clinical studies,
genetic related information etc. This will help in time efficiency and leads to efficient
treatment in quicker manner with accuracy.
Furthermore, AI led discoveries such as chat box and other automated devices
have brought radical changes that enhanced the productivity in terms of operational
efficiencies, business related strategic decisions, scheduling routine tasks. It follows a
systematic and structured execution of these smart mechanisms using AI to avoid the
problems and issues when done manually (Nilsson, 2014). This has been now
employed in almost all major industrial arenas such as production, banking, corporate
world and more. It has also promoted fair and transparent channel in the management
to fulfil the responsibilities. Along with, this will help for the overall assessment of tasks
like auditing, accounting, manufacturing, keeping tabs on the inventory and other
materials. Subsequently, AI has been proved beneficial by connecting to the users and
clients in effective manner by accessing to details and information to do the working
practices at organisations.
With this technological AI advancements, driver-less cars are on the road that
would help in preventing accidents, speeding etc. as the human reflexes here would be
much quicker than a person. However, this is in testing phase and have been
conducted by several companies like Uber, Waymo from Google etc., which are in
competition for this self-driving service. Also, the traffic chaos will be reduced along with
the maintenance of roads as it can be made better. It further helps in monitoring and
managing with the help of RoadBotics (Stiglitz, 2018).Its contribution in the quantum
computers' field has seen some adoption of techniques as it has shed light on solving
the complicated equations like space exploration, death, ageing, diseases and many

such less explored subjects. Moreover, AI tools has been considered as an important
tool in the education and research sector. This AI tools has provided the tutoring of
complicated subjects in easy manner (Wenger,2014). These systems also helped in
handling the gradings, attendance and records of the educational institutions in proper
manner. Along with, it makes dull study methodologies into more appealing and
interesting that helps in engaging the students effectively.
Emerging threats of artificial intelligence
In regard to demands in the usage of artificial intelligence tools in recent times,
there are some serious threats that have posed some danger in near future with regard
to several situational analysis. This has brought harmful effects and incurred losses at a
wider scale. Moreover, there is a danger on the humanity that have been connected
with respect to dystopian society. Along with this, there have been many questions that
whether AI can become a threat for the humanity (Blackford and Broderick, 2014). Many
technical experts believe that soon artificial intelligence will replace humans. Its current
evidence can be seen in the business organisations where processes have become
automatic and it has led to unemployment. In the near future, the rate of automatic
processes is going to expand and thus there will be more unemployed people leading to
economic and social imbalance.
As per the study conducted by the McKinsey Global Institute that 800 million jobs
are going to get replaced with the demand for using AI and robotics in the global
scenarios. Here, the major challenge is to redefine the existing profiles of people so that
they have an option to switch to some other office and remain employed. However, this
changes would be seen only in one third of the total occupation which would become
automated (Vincent, 2017). However, this is not the first time that new technology has
received such negative publicity due to the attached uncertainties and queries that has
negative effects on the society on the whole.
Furthermore, their execution in the medical field has led negative effects due to
concerns related to the access point if view in emergency or critical cases. Along with,
there is a possibility of privacy issues and security threats that have become the issues
in present time. Along with, the curing of the records and data also add to the problems

of this growing complications because of AI. It has inhibited working standards at
various health care institutions and organizations. In addition, EMR (electronic medical
records) have pushed their issues by focusing on their maintenance in proper manner
(Russell, Dewey and Tegmark,2015). For an instance, Tay Tweets from the Microsoft
faced criticism and had to taken down just after 16 hours of its initiation due to its racist,
discriminatory and provoking remarks.
Subsequently, there has been predictions that the assessment of these AI tools
will definitely have adverse affects on the economic relationships among the countries.
There will be substantial changes in the data processing tasks like clerical work or data
entry etc. in all types of industries and private companies. Also, the average wages or
salaries will improve the process through incentives completely (Reuters, 2018). This
affects the inequalities in both wealth and occupational conditions. There is also a
necessary recommendation to use AI tools for specific purposes only as it will put less
burden on the government and people.
To sum up, the introduction of Artificial Intelligence and its overall impact through
diversified consequences in both positive and negative parameters. This brings a
balance in reducing the potential challenges and risks but has generated profitability in
positive manner (Krause and Clark, 2012). Lastly, artificial intelligence has the influence
to establish a utopian futuristic world by including a sense of independence with
responsible behaviour.

Assessment of Artificial Intelligence on humanity
This has been an understatement that humans can be replaced with this
automation rise in the form of AI. It has given insights that the causes of this dystopian
culture has led to celebrating the de-humanizing actions in the most inappropriate
manner that has affected the entire world adversely. Moreover, AI has triggered the
killing of people indirectly without any assistance or possession of weapons (Kaplan,
2015). Additionally, this has laid to consider the humanity factor in unique manner to
bring changes in positive ways. Humans have the ability to manually take decisions in
relation to any situational crisis or any circumstances, which can never be done through
any AI tools like chatbox (Eliza) or platooning or by personal assistants (Apple's Siri,
Amazon's Alexa and more).
Illustration 2: Artificial Trends (irrespective of any dependency on applications)
(Source:Campbell, 2017)

The utopian society will help in proper establishment for survival of humans with
the presence of AI tools. It lays emphasis on understanding that technology is for
making human's life easier and convenient. One should not be overly dependent on its
use and try to do their jobs in proper and effective manner (Bostrom and Yudkowsky
2011). Along with this, it also shed light that human emotions are getting robotic. They
are behaving in self centred manner that makes the entire human race negative and do
not give preference to others leaving a big question mark on humanity.
CONCLUSION
It has been summarized that Artificial Intelligence has both pros and cons with
maintenance of ethical issues. It has also shed light that it helped to maintain a holistic
viewpoint in adopting AI tools in appropriate manner for gaining momentum in terms of
both productivity and profitability. Furthermore, the thesis statement has been fruitfully
reinstated after the entire description of uses of AI and other factors of AI. It has also
highlighted the discoveries in all the sectors that is in evolutionary stage and needs
regular re-alignment to bring profits and revenues. Along with this, there is a great need
of understanding the needs and requirements of artificial intelligence to influence the
value added services. Along with this, the companies and firms must use AI to enhance
their working practices without getting completely dependent on it. Although it leads to
cost-cutting and efficiency in meeting deadlines for completion of processes.

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