Advantages and disadvantages of AI (artificial intelligence)
advantage – Less Room for Errors
Errors are a part of our practical lives. However, computers make no errors, as long as you’re programming them properly. AI processing ensures error-free data processing, despite the size of data.
With AI, the decisions are taken from the previously gathered information applying a certain set of algorithms. So there is a chance of reaching accuracy with a greater degree of precision.
These days, the weather is forecasted using AI which has reduced the majority of human error.
disadvantage – High development cost
A new AI system is costly to build. Although prices are coming down, it might be too expensive for average people. Besides, machines and software need constant maintenance. Those who don’t have huge funds will find it difficult to implement AI.
The cost depends upon the scope of that particular AI.
advantage – Takes Risks Instead of Humans
The biggest advantage of AI has to be how it takes risks instead of humans in various dangerous tasks. An AI robot can do anything from mining for coal and oil to diffusing a bomb that can overcome various risky limitations of humans. They can be used in situations where intervention can be hazardous.
disadvantage – Unemployment
AI is replacing the majority of mundane tasks and other works with robots and computers, and humans are losing their jobs. Because of its level of accuracy, every organization wants to work with robots rather than humans.
Soon, this problem will grow only bigger and unemployment caused by AI will be a massive issue. One obvious tech that could replace millions of humans is self-driving cars.
advantage – Always Available
An average human cannot work continuously. They need breaks in between and they get tired. But unlike us, machines are never tired. They can work 24×7 for consecutive hours. Their efficiency isn’t affected by external factors. We can take the helpline centers and digital queries that are handled using AI.
disadvantage – Makes Humans Dependent
Humans are getting addicted to AI applications which are making them lazier by the day.
Not just physically lazy, they’re becoming mentally dependent on the use cases of AI. They are losing their ability to think rationally, computers are doing everything for them.
advantage – Digital Assistance
Also known as a virtual assistant, AI provides us with digital assistance. From many websites to organizations, digital assistants are gaining popularity by the day. Some chatbots are hard to distinguish from an actual human being.
Siri, Cortana, and Alexa are some examples of virtual assistants and which don’t need much of an introduction.
disadvantage – Lack of Out of Box Thinking
Machines cannot think creatively; they just do as they are programmed. Anything out of the box could crash them or give irrelevant outputs.
This doesn’t mean that we can’t program AI to perform creative tasks, but we can’t program them to evolve their intelligence and be creative on their own. And because there is a lack of creativity, there exists a lack of empathy. This means the decision taken by an artificially intelligent system may not be always the right decision to make.
advantage – Faster Decisions
Humans tend to analyze various factors emotionally and practically before making a decision but machines aren’t designed that way. The AI-powered machines work on what it is programmed and deliver the results in a faster way than humans would.
We’ve all played chess or any board games on the computer. It is almost impossible to beat the computer in such games because AI is behind it. It will always take the best possible step in a very short time following the algorithm used behind it.
Cons of Artificial Intelligence
As every bright side has a darker version in it, Artificial Intelligence also has some downsides.
disadvantage – Could Dominate Humans
It might sound like a scary nightmare out of some Hollywood movie, but the day robots enslave human beings may not be as far away as we think. Even Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk have brought light upon the possibility of this happening.
The term ‘AI takeover’ is used, which is a scenario in which AI becomes the dominant form of intelligence on Earth, with computers and robots taking control over the planet. It is crazy to think there is a possibility that human creation might affect the world in such a scary way.
In my opinion, at one point AI will be smart enough to take over the world and we might be in great danger, we’ll either die and that’s how the world will end or we can just throw a cup of water on them and live.
here’s an advantage for students and disadvantages for teachers, chat GPT, it’s a sight where you can ask it literally any question and it will give you a correct answer. now you might not be able to cheat in tests but it will surely get u a high enough grade on your homeworks, no one’s going to know
The disadvantages of AI (artificial intelligence)
disadvantage – High development cost
A new AI system is costly to build. Although prices are coming down, it might be too expensive for average people. Besides, machines and software need constant maintenance. Those who don’t have huge funds will find it difficult to implement AI.
The cost depends upon the scope of that particular AI.
disadvantage – Unemployment
AI is replacing the majority of mundane tasks and other works with robots and computers, and humans are losing their jobs. Because of its level of accuracy, every organization wants to work with robots rather than humans.
Soon, this problem will grow only bigger and unemployment caused by AI will be a massive issue. One obvious tech that could replace millions of humans is self-driving cars.
disadvantage – Makes Humans Dependent
Humans are getting addicted to AI applications which are making them lazier by the day.
Not just physically lazy, they’re becoming mentally dependent on the use cases of AI. They are losing their ability to think rationally, computers are doing everything for them.
disadvantage – Lack of Out of Box Thinking
Machines cannot think creatively; they just do as they are programmed. Anything out of the box could crash them or give irrelevant outputs.
This doesn’t mean that we can’t program AI to perform creative tasks, but we can’t program them to evolve their intelligence and be creative on their own. And because there is a lack of creativity, there exists a lack of empathy. This means the decision taken by an artificially intelligent system may not be always the right decision to make.
disadvantage – Could Dominate Humans
It might sound like a scary nightmare out of some Hollywood movie, but the day robots enslave human beings may not be as far away as we think. Even Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk have brought light upon the possibility of this happening.
The term ‘AI takeover’ is used, which is a scenario in which AI becomes the dominant form of intelligence on Earth, with computers and robots taking control over the planet. It is crazy to think there is a possibility that human creation might affect the world in such a scary way.
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