Blog Post #10 Living in the age of AI

AI has come a long way in taking a toll on people's lives.  I believe that there is a positive and negative outcomes with AI doing as much as it does for people on a day-to-day basis. AI is there to give us answers at the tip of our fingertips. It is there to teach each self how to predict the outcome of anything. With how advanced it is today there is so much more the future holds for it. 

One of the major things that I have learned after watching the video in class is that AI is taking away jobs from hundreds of people. In big buildings like factories, there is a lot of activity being done, but the people are not there. With AI taking away jobs it is causing no taxes to come through because robots do not get paid. That leads to cities and towns slowly dying because without the taxes they can't be supported. 

With people not being able to have their jobs it is causing a lot of damage to people's home lives. It's likely to cause cardiac arrest and higher risks of depression with people not being able to do their jobs. Then it goes down to their kids affecting them with depression and more so to drop out of school at an early age. 

In the article, How Will Artificial Intelligence Affect Jobs 2023-2030, the text mentions, "The World Economic Forum has estimated that artificial intelligence will replace some 85 million jobs by 2025. Freethink says that 65% of retail jobs could be automated by that year, saying that this is largely due to technological advancements, rising costs and wages, tight labor markets, and reduced consumer spending." 

Another thing that AI has done that has caught my eye is give no one privacy anymore. This article mentions, "One of the primary challenges is the potential for AI to be used to violate privacy. AI systems require vast amounts of (personal) data, and if this data falls into the wrong hands it can be used for nefarious purposes, such as identity theft or cyberbullying." It is scary to think that little kids are here using technology and do not know how dangerous it could be. They do not realize how their privacy and information are very important. Taking people's identity and watching everything that is being posted online. 

AI has helped give answers to people when they need to know something, but it is affecting reality. This life does not feel normal to me at all and it makes me concerned for the future. It is so important to be updated with technology because anything that anyone does is being recorded. Robots are taking people's real jobs, affecting students' education, and taking identity from people. There are pros and cons when to how AI has affected people's lives. It is scary for the younger generations to see how they are going to grow up living in this world that we have today.