AI: We can all get along, right?

Who doesn't love the Terminator?

Ok, besides all the paranoid tin foil hat afficienados of course. 

But the question does remain, what is humanity to do when AI surpasses our own abilities?

And whos to say it hasn't already?

As we continue to test the limits of man's creation, we must also ask how far must we test the limits of man itself. Creating machines and technology to make the human life easier has been a process spanning millenia, but it seems we've reached a critical crescendo. Perhaps we stop asking if we "could" and start asking if we "should."

Of course, we want human life to be easy, but how easy do we want it. If we leave all our automated tasks to a machine, and spend the remainder of our time in leisure, is that relationship no different from a parent and child? This is a harrowing thought for some, but the question remains a valid one. The answer to this conundrum can be solved with a simple word change in philosophy;

AI should  not be developed to work for humans. 

It should be developed to work with humans. 

Humans are, of course, selfish and lazy, so we will obviously press to try to squeeze every ounce of value out of our technology. But what if we can push ourselves to match it?

Why should diagnosis be done at a major hospital by a simple computer? Or a fallible man or woman? 

Why not the unity of the two working in harmony to help serve the needs of hospital goers?

Why have machines who do work for us when they can assist us in tasks, and even improve our own abilities. Perhaps instruction is an art better suited for robots than man, given the complex and confounding nature of human communication?

Yet, here we lie in 2023, with many of my questions still remain unanswered. 

Consider this a warning to all pushing the envelope in the capabilities and programmed desire of AI. The consequences of our own actions may be sooner, rather than later.  We don't know how far we can go down this avenue, so it is certainly best to use Caution.

And, well, if this warning is not heeded, well,

I'll be back. 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/apr/28/ai-has-better-bedside-manner-than-some-doctors-study-finds