As the essence of AI is to assist humans in easing their daily lives as well as to advance civilisation, I am curious if there has been any discussion in global/ regional level to protect the humans' interests and prevent any backlash in the future like global warming, what we have been experiencing now due to Industrial Revolution. Saving Changes...
Multiple countries have or are looking into providing guidelines and guardrails for development and use of AI. At this point, none are too prescriptive as there is a concern of stifling innovation but most leaders acknowledge the need to start to put controls in place.
New technology and efficiency efforts will always replace some jobs. It is the nature of industrialization. People often fear Lean efforts thinking they will reduce employment levels. The word saboteur comes from workers throwing wooden shoes (sabot) into the gears of factory machinery. It is an age-old concern.
Ideally, that frees up people to do more productive endeavors like the steel plow greatly decreased the time and effort required in farming resulting in an expansion of education among other things. At the individual business level though, business owners do tend to prioritize the financial gain of efficiency over maintaining inefficiency for the sake of preserving jobs.
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1 reply by Hermawan Sulisthio
Oct 10, 2023 5:51 AM
Hermawan Sulisthio
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Hi Keith,
Thanks for your insight. I agree with your opinion about the nature of industrialization. I believe, being able to ride a horse would be a mandatory skill that a man had to possess before the Industrial Revolution era; but as time passed by, that horse-riding skill had slowly been replaced by car-driving skill. In term of human civilization development, car-driving skill has given us more opportunities to reach distant places faster which eventually contributes to the economy growths around the globe. There was euphoria in the beginning of Industrial Revolution, however, the side effect that nobody had thought earlier was the global warming that we are experiencing now. If humans had earlier analyzed or thought about the effect of Industrial Revolution, global warming would have been avoided.
Using the same analogy, I would like to understand more about the implication(s) of AI towards the existence and values of human beings and perhaps the environment. Do you have any thought on it?
New technology and efficiency efforts will always replace some jobs. It is the nature of industrialization. People often fear Lean efforts thinking they will reduce employment levels. The word saboteur comes from workers throwing wooden shoes (sabot) into the gears of factory machinery. It is an age-old concern.
Ideally, that frees up people to do more productive endeavors like the steel plow greatly decreased the time and effort required in farming resulting in an expansion of education among other things. At the individual business level though, business owners do tend to prioritize the financial gain of efficiency over maintaining inefficiency for the sake of preserving jobs.
Hi Keith,
Thanks for your insight. I agree with your opinion about the nature of industrialization. I believe, being able to ride a horse would be a mandatory skill that a man had to possess before the Industrial Revolution era; but as time passed by, that horse-riding skill had slowly been replaced by car-driving skill. In term of human civilization development, car-driving skill has given us more opportunities to reach distant places faster which eventually contributes to the economy growths around the globe. There was euphoria in the beginning of Industrial Revolution, however, the side effect that nobody had thought earlier was the global warming that we are experiencing now. If humans had earlier analyzed or thought about the effect of Industrial Revolution, global warming would have been avoided.
Using the same analogy, I would like to understand more about the implication(s) of AI towards the existence and values of human beings and perhaps the environment. Do you have any thought on it? Saving Changes...
Multiple countries have or are looking into providing guidelines and guardrails for development and use of AI. At this point, none are too prescriptive as there is a concern of stifling innovation but most leaders acknowledge the need to start to put controls in place.
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AI is not more "dangerous" that being in "the matrix" by using the net staying connecting to multiple media and living there the whole daily life. The solution is on human being hands. AI is there from more than 50 years ago. But AI needs data for learning then the question is: which is the data provider? Saving Changes...
As far as I know, there are some guidelines. Some official restrictions. However, it has been a hot topic and they are trying to regulate the AI. Saving Changes...
I don’t think global warming is a good analogy for potential bad outcomes from AI. Climate science was quite primitive until the 1950s and much of what we know came through space exploration and the rapid growth of computing technology. We couldn’t see very far into the potential future with the technology of the day and do much other than theorize without any way to prove/disprove the theories.
There are certainly disruptive technologies that do and will create their own problems. Cryptocurrency literally trades electricity for money and AI requires significant power for computing as well, adding fuel to the fire so to speak. Antibiotics led to more drug resistant illnesses. Controlling malaria using DDT led to other environmental problems and cancer in humans.
While environmental impact studies are important, how important will be different for people living in wealthy vs. poor countries and other factors. A good example might be experimental vaccines for highly contagious and deadly viruses. Short term survival often takes precedence over long term side effects which may take many years to even be identified. Stories from the pre-industrial time describe how it was common for families to have 20 children hoping for 1 to survive. At that time, new technology that could vastly improve the survival rate was often very much desired, even if it involved the downsides of industrialization.
AI is one of those technologies that can both help some of the biggest problems of our time, create new problems, and the importance of the pros vs. cons will vary widely based on people’s circumstances. Being stuck in analysis paralysis deciding on the right balance won't stop others from forging ahead once the capability becomes widely available. Saving Changes...
