Blog Post #7: The Age of AI

 "It is the future of this, not the past that scares me. We are in the early decades of a multi-decade adjustment". The world will never operate as it once did. Where hundreds of workers were needed for one job, they have all been replaced by one, large machine generated by AI. These new machines will soon run the economy. 

In this day and age, Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has made its presence stronger than ever before. However, this new advancement is only it its beginning stages. Over the next few years, AI will continue to grow, taking over human jobs and turning the world to a place ran on solely technology. While these advancements are impressive and truly unbelievable, there are negatives that come along with it. 

As AI will overtake offices, grocery stores, data analytics and everything in between, ethical problems are sure to follow. Job displacement is a leading concern, with the country turning to a place ran on machines, rather than humans. While the machines are being crafted to be far more efficient than any human ever could be, this leaves humans in a place of helplessness and low to no income. This is changing the common idea that 'America is the land of opportunity'.  

Additionally, privacy is among one of the top concerns that come with this AI development. Companies that we use daily such as Facebook and Instagram, study us and our information. The world and internet will adapt to us without us even knowing it. 

"We came into this world thinking that we were users of social media, however, social media was using us". This powerful quote from the Frontline documentary is eye opening and sets off a certain sense of alarm in my head. Though we believe that we have control over our online information and what the internet knows about us, it is genuinely the opposite. The internet is an endless data bank, filled with information about us that we are not even aware of.

Though the developments that society is making is astonishing and new, these advancements need to be approached with a certain level of fear. From exploiting personal information to affecting our livelihoods and incomes, technology is truly at the heart of it all.