Age of AI

What is AI?

Artificial intelligence is defined as "the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and language translation," according to Oxford Languages, a division of the Oxford English Dictionary. 

This definition mentions a few tasks that AI is capable of performing, but given the speed at which technology is developing, how dependent we are on it as  humans, and our willingness to eliminate a need in favor of convenience, AI is capable of much more and is used for a growing number of tasks in our daily lives. 

The development of upcoming AI-inspired technologies that have the ability to blur the boundaries between individual privacy, national security, ethics, and morality makes this fact particularly unsettling.

Positives and Negatives

AI has many positive effects. 

Some positive effects that AI has provided for example limiting human error, at our hands 24/7,  helps with making decisions faster, and our daily apps.  

However AI also comes with its negative effects. Negative effects like the high cost of hardware, software updates, allowing for humans to slack off, and not making people have to use as much brain power due to the fact that machines do most of the thinking.

Security and Privacy 

Artificial intelligence is very knowledgeable about many aspects of our personal lives. 

Since it's become so common, we've gotten used to the thought that they could be using our information for either good or evil purposes. 

Since artificial intelligence has improved our standard of living, we now assume that it will always work in our best interests. 

We must be aware that artificial intelligence can and will be used to invade our privacy, despite the fact that there is some validity to this. 

Regardless of whether we realize it or not, once our privacy has been broken, the people who have access to that information have total authority over us. 

We may secure our information in two ways: by deleting our browsing history and by restricting the information we provide.