Week 3 - MBA 6101 - Surfing the Tsunami

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 Hello,

Is AI good or bad? Instead, the argument should be that AI is neutral, with the outcome dependent on the human using it. AI is simply a tool to be used to accomplish the desired goal. Without the necessary tools, the time required for mankind to progress is extended. Notre Dame Cathedral took about two hundred years to complete using the tools available at the time (Notre Dame Cathedral Paris, 2022). How long would it take to build a new skyscraper in New York if the same tools that built Notre Dame, had to be used today? If we continue to use the same tools of yesterday, no traction can be gained to move us towards tomorrow.

 

What can AI be used for? The answer, both bad and good. AI built into facial recognition software in China is used for surveillance of its population (Davies, 2021). The tool that is AI does not change, only how it is used. On the opposite end of the AI spectrum, AI is utilized to produce medicines faster and doing so at lower cost (IMB, 2022). This helps bring life saving medicine to market in shorter time and at a lower research and development cost, allowing companies to pursue more ventures into experimental medicine.

 

For AI to be used for all the good this technology can bring us, we need to understand what it is and its possibilities. Todd Kelsey advises the readers of Surfing the Tsunami to become informed users of AI. This evident by the many articles shared with the reader. An informed and knowledgeable populace is required for AI to remain a tool for good, with positive impact on society. Without responsible use of AI, AI can cause the degradation of human progress.

 

Citation:

 

Davies, D. (2021). NPR, Facial Recognition and Beyond: Journalist Ventures Inside China's 'Surveillance     State'. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/2021/01/05/953515627/facial-recognition-and-      beyond-journalist-ventures-inside-chinas-surveillance-sta

 

IMB (2022). What is artificial intelligence in medicine? Retrieved from     https://www.ibm.com/topics/artificial-intelligence-medicine

 

Notre Dame Cathedral Paris. (2022). Notre Dame Cathedral History. Retrieved                 from  https://notredamecathedralparis.com/history/

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