A. This question seems to reveal human beings’ lethal weakness of laying their blame on others, or on other things, I think. Would the world be better or worse off without radioactive material? Radiation itself has no intention to help or harm people. However, some people think that we are better off thanks to it while some others look upon it as the source of disaster.
In the same way, artificial intelligence (AI) itself didn’t appear on its own but it was created by people. It has no intention to benefit or harm people whatsoever. However, some people anticipate uncountable benefits from it while others are worried about disastrous situations that may be caused by it.
Everything is essentially neutral, neither harmful nor useful. Whether it is harmful or useful depends upon how we see and use it. Even if something undesirable happens due to AI, it is not AI but we who are to blame for it because the undesirable situation is caused, whether on purpose or by mistake, by the people who handle it.
Our question should be ‘How can we deal with AI to human beings’ advantage?’.
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