Will AI Become Our Friend or Enemy? Tech Professionals Weigh In

2. Concerns About AI: An Uncertain Future .

2.1 Impact on Employment .

Among the most discussed issues related to the application of AI, one can distinguish the issue of employment. There are many activities that are done today that if automated could leave the workers with more time on their hands. This paper from Oxford University posits that 47% of all total employment in the United States can be automated. But it can also establish new occupations which are yet to be discovered with skills that are yet to be developed. For instance, there are new occupations that have been created in the current world due to advancement in technology include data scientist, an AI ethicist, and Machine learning engineer. The most critical issue will be the determination of the skills and knowledge that will be required of the employees in these new positions.

2.2 Privacy and Security

Thus, there are some issues that are connected with the AI and one of the issues is privacy and security. About this, it is necessary to recall that AI systems gather and analyze large sets of data about people, which leads to the question of privacy. Other forms of hacking and accessing persons and companies information is unlawful and has negative effects on persons and companies. Noteworthy, it is also possible to use AI for evil purposes: to produce deepfakes, attack, or even develop lethal autonomous weaponry. This is especially the case with AI-based cyber threats, because the said threats are quite complex and often imperceptible.

2.3 Bias and Discrimination

Similarly, there is also the negative aspect of employing AI and one of them is prejudice. Since the algorithms that are used in AI are based on data, then the same data could be filled with some prejudices that people have. Therefore, those prejudices can be displayed and fortified by the AI systems resulting in inequity. For example, the application of the automated recruitment tools, which incorporates the application of AI, has been accused of discriminating some people. Hence, in the criminal justice system, risk assessment tools based on AI have been seen to have an impact on the minorities. These biases are very dangerous taking into consideration the use of AI, and to counter these biases the data which is being used to train these AI systems should be properly selected, and besides this it is necessary to pay attention to the principles of fairness and openness when using the system.