By chuynh16
Aside from the two polar opposite viewpoints on artificial intelligence, there is a third which largely remains neutral on the matter. In his opinion piece, Charles Araujo states that future of artificial intelligence depends on one thing. As aforementioned, the use of artificial intelligence also brings upon large amounts of data collection. With all that data collection Araujo believes that data largely has no value. That the value of data only comes when someone decides to use the data in a certain context. It is one thing to look at data and it is another thing to understand it, and what to do with it. That is where its value will come from.
While Araujo argues his point of neutrality on the data front, Milton Erzati takes his case to the topic of employment. In his piece, Erzati points out that the through the ages the same set of worries and hopes produced by development in technology has more or less been the same regardless of era. He goes on to say that with the introduction of new technology there are those that worry it would bring along unemployment. Although true to an extent, Erzati states that in the long term such a development in technology does end up creating more jobs whether that be due to the industry itself expanding or creating new products and demands that will no doubt require new jobs. With everything that Erzati ascertains, one can make the realization that with everything history has shown. Especially on the technological front, it is that such developments can bring bad, but it can also bring good. And on that note, it appears that technological advances bring about a net result of neutrality.
With everything that has been said throughout this piece, it is safe to safe that society and the world as we know it is on the precipice of great technological change. Just like with anything else in life people are afraid of change. They are afraid of change because with it there are so many unknowns. These unknowns are the very reasons why people such as Kasia Borowska or, Stuart Russell are fearful of what the future may bring. They are also fearful because they view artificial intelligence as something that will be weaponized in some kind of capacity as mentioned in the articles. On the other hand, those like Bill Gates and Robbie Allen have brought light to the good that artificial intelligence can bring to society in more ways than one. Someone like Charles Araujo could maybe convinced of either viewpoint as it all depends on the ways artificial intelligence is implemented. And Milton Erzati determining that the effects of such technological advances brings about good and bad which in the end nets a neutral result. As nothing is ever really coherently without a doubt good or bad, but that the way something is used can be good or bad. Regardless of these viewpoints, change is imminent and is not stopping for anything. After all, our whole world is built upon evolution and adapting. Whether artificial intelligence will be friend or foe? Well, only time will tell.
