Artificial Intelligence: A Boon or Bane for Humanity? An Essay

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Is artificial intelligence a threat or
an aid to the future of humanity?

Why this topic?
• Astonishing increase in the use of “Artificial Intelligence”
• Application of AI under wide range of technologies from sophisticated
robots to autonomous cars
• AI technology has minimized the overall cost and time of production
• AI can replace the workforce so it may be the reason of unemployment
in future

Three key sources
• Makridakis, S., 2017. The forthcoming Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution: Its
impact on society and firms. Futures, 90, pp.46-60.
• Chen, N., Christensen, L., Gallagher, K., Mate, R. and Rafert, G., 2016. Global
economic impacts associated with artificial intelligence. Study, Analysis Group,
Boston, MA, February, 25.
• Lu, H., Li, Y., Chen, M., Kim, H. and Serikawa, S., 2018. Brain intelligence: go
beyond artificial intelligence. Mobile Networks and Applications, 23(2), pp.368-
375.

Source Evaluation (CRAAP)
Current Relevant Authoritative Accurate Purpose
1st source 2017 Topic- Impacts of AI on
society and firms
Scholar-Makridakis, S. Secondary research on AI
revolution and the research
paper of (Makridakis, 1995)
To develop idea about
how AI may impact on
society and business
in future.
2nd source 2016 Topic- Global economic
impacts related to AI
Scholars- Chen, N.,
Christensen, L.,
Gallagher, K., Mate, R.
and Rafert, G.
Secondary research on the
articles of scholarly authors.
Properly cited.
To investigate that,
how AI impacts on the
global economy.
3rd source 2018 Topic- Brain intelligence
and Artificial intelligence
Scholar- Lu, H., Li, Y.,
Chen, M., Kim, H. and
Serikawa, S.
Secondary research on the
articles of scholarly authors.
Properly cited.
To identify the
limitations of AI.

Thesis statement
• Does AI have positive impacts on society or it is a threat to human being?

Main arguments
• Revolutionary changes in
technology – self-driving cars,
Skype calls, pilotless airplanes,
intelligent robots and many
more (Makridakis 2017)
• AI technology limited within
speech and image recognition,
dialogue response and others
(Lu et al. 2018)

Main arguments
• AI has shaped the science fiction
or almost 190 years old concepts
(Makridakis 2017)
• AI technology depends on large-
scale data but it does not
possess an association function
like human intelligence (Lu et al.
2018)

Main arguments
• AI is likely to impact on the
employment and productivity
components in various industries
(Chen et al. 2016)
• AI promises greater
improvements in productivity
but may affect employment
pattern (Makridakis 2017)

Main arguments
• Few companies are trying to use AI in innovative way for better
productivity (Chen et al. 2016)
• Companies are investing for implementing AI technology to gain
competitive advantage (Makridakis 2017)

Writing plan

Challenges and Solutions
Challenges
• It was time-consuming to collect data from
authentic sources
• It was difficult to get relevant data associated
with AI technology
• It was challenging to complete the essay within
time
Solutions
• Find out sources from an authentic source
“Google Scholar”
• Keywords have been used at the time of finding
articles
• A timeline has been developed initially and
strictly followed

Reference list
• Chen, N., Christensen, L., Gallagher, K., Mate, R. and Rafert, G., 2016.
Global economic impacts associated with artificial intelligence. Study,
Analysis Group, Boston, MA, February, 25.
• Lu, H., Li, Y., Chen, M., Kim, H. and Serikawa, S., 2018. Brain
intelligence: go beyond artificial intelligence. Mobile Networks and
Applications, 23(2), pp.368-375.
• Makridakis, S., 2017. The forthcoming Artificial Intelligence (AI)
revolution: Its impact on society and firms. Futures, 90, pp.46-60.