The Future of Humanity: Is Artificial Intelligence a Threat or Aid?

This essay delves into the multifaceted debate surrounding artificial intelligence (AI), exploring whether it poses a threat or offers aid to humanity's future. The introduction establishes AI as a technology designed to mimic human intelligence, capable of complex tasks, self-correction, and learning. The essay then presents arguments supporting both sides of the issue. It acknowledges AI's potential to enhance human lives through smartphones, smart assistants, and various automated services, while also highlighting the risks, such as job displacement, dependence on technology, and potential misuse of data. The essay further discusses the ethical concerns surrounding AI, including its impact on human autonomy and the potential for AI to make decisions with harmful consequences. The author concludes by suggesting that the future of AI depends on its responsible development and use, emphasizing the importance of retraining workers and fairly distributing power in the face of technological advancements. The essay also touches upon the benefits of AI in various industries and the need for careful consideration of its implications to ensure a positive impact on society.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Artificial Intelligence is threat or aid in the future of humanity.................................................1
CONCLUSION ..............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCE .................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the system software of computer which emphasise the
creation of intelligent machinery (Allen and Chan, 2017). Which helps the human in their
personal as well as professional life. AI complete the complicated task which include the degree
of intelligence in their work. It will stimulate the human ability process by machine through
computer system and it will include the self correction, reasoning & learning. It will be classified
into two categories where type 1 include the weak or strong AI and type 2 contain that AI is
reactive machine, have limited memories, self awareness & theory of mind. Artificial
Intelligence make human life easier but along with this it reduce the value of people in the
workplace and in the community. This essay include the discussion about whether Artificial
Intelligence is threat for the humans or aid.
Artificial Intelligence is threat or aid in the future of humanity
AI is threat as well as aid to the future of human life because it is true that one day these
intelligence will replace the people and cause damage in general. Along with this AI damage the
particular industry in specific condition. Artificial Intelligence is the powerful technology made
by the humans because in the current scenario technology cover them from all the sides. Such as
mobile phones that is the most essential need of the human in the present life. Every individual
have their personal mobile where they can do anything or anytime. Even in travelling, video
chats, MSGs, musics and along with this, by use of internet they can handle their office work as
well. Suppose a person who is working whole day in office where they already around with these
intelligences such as work with computers which done complicated tasks (Brooks, 2014). For the
any information they required in their working area people use to choose internet to gathering
necessary content. Artificial Intelligence is not helpful in office place it is also entered in the
daily life of every person.
Artificial Intelligence aid in their daily lifestyle by use of smartphones where people are
very use to it. They read article on phones, manage their daily life with the help of AI and it will
daily life of individual. Smartphones include various features such as camera, notes, their
contacts, calling etc. Other then this, with the help of internet it will provide wide range of
activities or functions such as surfing, downloads, banking facilities, search any information,
location etc. With the help of smartphones people can easily get touch with their far sitting
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friends of family. AI make human life more easy through introducing smart assistant where
Google launched their assistant which make people life or work more easy such as Siri, Bixby or
Alexa. In addition, smart cars & drones make the human life simple where it include the various
advance features with the help of AI. There are various example of Artificial Intelligence which
make people life's more easy and save the time as well as increase the efficiency of work (Calo,
2017). It include social media feeds, online music streaming service, video games, online
advertisement, travel & navigation, banking & finance, smart home devices, surveillance for the
security etc.
In the future also Artificial Intelligence help the humans as well as various industries to
grow their business in global market and increase the growth economy. Where excessive use of
AI will reduce the involvement or value of people. It will generate unemployment in the nation
because every task and function is to be perform by the machines. Even, in the next few years
robot will take charge of humans in the stores and they complete various task which currently
perform by the humans. For example, Google introduce smart assistant that is Siri, who is virtual
assistant and it perform their task through recognising voice and solve quarries. It will use the
natural interface language to solve query and give recommendation or suggestions to their users.
It will make more easier for the individuals to complete their task in their daily as well as
professional life. But it make it people more dependable on Artificial Intelligence and impact on
their autonomy, capability & capacity. Computer intelligence can match or exceed with human
knowledge & capacity and AI have capability to take complex decision through their learning,
reasoning, speed recognition, sophisticated analytics etc (Etzioni and Etzioni, 2017).
As time passed, regular or over use of AI become thread for the other people as well as
for the economy. Because AI major focus on short term thread which increase by it's excessive
use for example in the organisation maintain employees record through centralized database
system. More use of technology will reduce the need of humans in result job losses will generate
unemployment. In the public lecture in Gresham collage, professor Martyn Thomas said that it is
warning for the society if they don't adequately retrained workers or if state will not fairly
distribute the power them in resulted boom in the AI. There is still risk of high usage of
technology because machinery include the personal data which can be used for the political or
criminal purpose. It happened in the real life such as cyber attract where people take confidential
information with the help of technology and mislead the data and take advantage of it. AI is
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beneficial for the organisation as well as for the industry but along with this, it also include the
risk where, high chances of misuse of company's information (Pagallo, 2013).
In this report argument is against the Artificial Intelligence which totally cover the
humans and it will obsessed are life in the workplace. Even is helps the people in their daily
household works such as pay various bills, premium of pension and other payment which is used
to be paid through counter. But after introducing online services humans become use to it and
now they totally depended on it (George, 2014). With the help of these services, companies save
the time of individual and it's efforts to pay their bills through counter by spend long hours of
time in the line. So basically, Artificial Intelligence make human life more easily but it will also
become thread due to lack of involvement of people in the organisation which increase the
unemployment (Omohundro, 2014). One day AI could become advanced and take their decision
of their own and want power to take their decision. Artificial Intelligence can misunderstand the
mission which can damage various things and at the end it will harm the many people. Future of
life Institute is the organization found the way where use of Artificial Intelligence will not harm
the individual or not treating any more.
Regular change in the technology will increase the authenticity of Artificial Intelligence
which is beneficial for the society to research in many areas. It is beneficial for the other peoples
who required intense research on a particular topic of law, economy or technical such as it;s
validity, control or security. AI help the individual to perform their daily work effectively such
as, to operate their car according to their want so AI does only those things which instruction
given by the individuals. There is no doubt that Artificial Intelligence perform better then
humans but include the risk to fully depend on AI. Administration follow the various technology
in their organisation which increase the productivity or profitability that further help the
company to achieve their business goals & objective (Hamet and Tremblay, 2017). For the
effective use of AI, company required expert to demonstrate the use of AI in the organisation
and they also show some concern before making AI super intelligent. Artificial Intelligence is
beneficial for the country to develop their nation by use of various new technology.
Artificial Intelligence is programmed to do something destructive, it is like a weapon
which can harm others through machinery. It can harm financially if wrong person can handle it
and cause mess in their life as well as in the business. Generally it will happen in the
organisation, who have excess knowledge of AI that person done the fraud because of their skills
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they take advantage or done something illegal. Technologies are developed for the benefits of
others but it converted into destructive methods where people achieve their goals by use of AI in
wrong way. Artificial Intelligence become threat in the daily life of humans because as time pass
technology will grow but along with this risk also grow (Parkes and Wellman, 2015). Where
online payment is secure with the help of various security gateway, on the other hand some times
online payment not secure. Number of fraud will be increase with the help of AI because
virtually companies make customer fools and take money from them. So it is vary important to
make payment safe & secure (Kanal and Kumar, 2012).
In the current market condition or in human's life, AI is the essential requirement for the
better work and it will help the individual to perform their task in their daily work as well as in
workplace. If use of Artificial Intelligence done in appropriate way then it is helpful or beneficial
for the human or excessive use will make people dependable on it. Which is threat because it
make humans more dependable in their regular life where they actually near to them but
mentally they separated. Use of smartphones create differences among the people, there is no
doubt that various technology or Artificial Intelligence reduce the human's efforts to complete
their personal work. But it make it more dependable on AI where people all time checkout their
mobile phones, done video calls & use other functions. Major argument against the Artificial
Intelligence is that, it will going to capture human's identify through excessive use of social
media sites, entertainment sites, video games etc. Now days people cover from all the sides with
the various technology which make them more busy personality to not spend time with their
families & to attend social gathering (Latar, 2015). Adults are more addictive of Artificial
Intelligence through video games, chatting with friends,listen music etc.
After some times, people lost their all emotions because they get addicted of AI and they
to use this all the time. It make them more dependable on technology so it is important for the
people identify the disadvantage of excessive use of AI and make it usable in appropriate way.
Because one day Artificial Intelligence replace the humans and the day is not too far when
humans assist robots. Organisation start developing robot which help them in their work or
reduce the labour force as well as time and complete their task with full of accuracy (Vladeck,
2014). Because Artificial Intelligence have capacity or potential to become more intelligent in
comparison to humans. People control the plants not because they are strong but because they are
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smart but after some time AI is the smartest things. So it not wrong to said that in the future
robots are the smartest one who control the planner (Yampolskiy and Fox, 2012).
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion, it has been concluded that Artificial Intelligence is the
strongest point for the development of any country. But it replace the human's place in the
organisation which decrease the number of jobs as well as reduce the involvement in their daily
activities. Every individual is busy with their smartphones where they get the all things which
make them busy and get addicted of this. Artificial Intelligence help the humans in their daily
life but excessive use of this make it threat or harm others in various way.
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