AI has been frequently quoted as a tool that comes alongside humanity and helps speed up repetitive processes, but also potentially come up with novel solutions. When it comes to data mining as well, AI has become increasingly crutial in the whole process.
Main Competitors
Depending on whether you live in the West or in the East, AI's presence in everyday life and common day activities varies.
In the West, the PBS Documentary, In the Age of AI, talks about the Tech Giants and their use of AI within their software to collect data, putting at risk the privacy of the citizens who are using their technology.
Additionally, this gives rise to certain privacy disputes and conversations about how much control the average person truly has over their data.
Those of us in the West seemed to pushed into believing that the future of AI can be optimistic and promising--at least that's what the overtone is perceived to be.
The undertone of this same message, however, seems to be soaked in distrust, uncomfortability, instability.
What will the future hold? How will forthcoming generations be affected by these things? What does this mean for jobs?--all valid and pressing questions that are raised by encroaching of AI.
In the East, zeroing in on China, AI plays a more major role in the everyday lives of citizens and what they do on a day-to-day basis. Extremely personal surveillance about specific details of what people do is the huge role AI takes on.
Whether its crossing the street, shopping in a grocery store, or going to school, through the rapid growth of China's AI technology, close surveillance and facial recognition, from person to person is becoming more possible and accurate.
The main and obvious concern seems to be the critical and watchful eye of the state. The documentary explains how China is on its way to being a total surveillance state. This is intriguing.
How will life fare for China's citizens? Is there anything from stopping China from becoming a 25/8 watchful eye? What does that mean for onlookers?--again, all valid and quickly arising questions.
Implications
As of now, the West and East have big decisons to make as AI makes bigger and bigger strides into the future.
Will monitary gain be the only goal or can true human florishing take its place?
Being strategic and careful is of the utmost importance as the clock is ticking.
