Essay on the Pros and Cons of Artificial Intelligence

Nowadays, robotic technology is increasing all around the world. There are more uses of robotics technology in these days. People are starting to use artificial intelligence in their daily lives to make their life more efficient and to save time. Researchers are trying to advance and improve the intelligence of the AI. Even though AI has many pros, it has cons and it can also affect our future life.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is like a robot with human-like characteristics (Conn, 2016). It is the ability of a digital computer robot that can perform tasks with intelligence (Copeland). The name ‘Artificial Intelligence’ was given by John McCarthy. It is known as narrow AI, which means that it is designed to achieve narrow task. However, many researchers are trying to develop general AI, that can perform everyday life tasks while narrow AI was created to do only specific tasks (Conn, 2016). Philosophers attempt to describe human thinking as a symbolic system, but AI was not discovered until 1956 at the campus of Dartmouth College, in Hanover by John McCarthy (Lewis, 2014). AI is used as Siri in Apple created in 2010 and Alexa which is introduced by Amazon in 2014 (Adams, 2017). AI can perform human-like functions that have similar capabilities as humans. AI is created to have limited abilities, there is a total of 7 types of AIs. Reactive machines, limited memory, theory of mind, self-aware, artificial narrow intelligence, artificial general intelligence, and artificial superintelligence. Reactive machines are types of AI that are created to have the very insufficient capability. These machines cannot develop because do not have memory-based function. Limited memory is a machine that is capable of learning from the data and making decisions. Limited memory machines are also used as virtual assistants to self-driving vehicles. Theory of mind is an AI that researchers are engaged in innovating because this type of AI can understand its emotions, needs, and beliefs. Self-aware is that these AI are programmed to have self-awareness. This type of AI can understand the emotions of the people that they are interacting with, and it also has emotions, needs, and beliefs of its own. This type of AI can also cause the end of humanity because it might have a thought of self-preservation. Artificial narrow intelligence (ANI) are AIs that were programmed to do only specific tasks. These machines can’t do anything more than what they were programmed to do. This type of AI has very insufficient capabilities. Artificial general intelligence (AGI) can learn, understand, and has the function just like human beings. This type of AI is capable of replicating multi-functional capabilities. Artificial superintelligence (ASI) is an AI that has the most capability of intelligence. ASI can replicate the multifaceted knowledge of humans. ASI is better at anything they do and more efficient because they have higher memory, faster data processing, and decision-making capabilities (Joshi, 2019).

The pros of AIs are that it helps reduce the error and increases the chance of reaching accuracy. For example, AI was used in the exploration of space. This type of AI was programmed with information and sent to explore the space. Since these machines are made with metal bodies, they are more resistant and they have a higher ability to tolerate the space and the atmosphere. AI can also be used for challenging exploration such as, mining, fuel exploration, and exploring the depths of the ocean floor. These machines can overcome the limited ability of humans. These robots are programmed to do more complicated and hard work with a greater responsibility because it can manage itself. AI can do repetitive jobs because these machines thinks faster than humans so they can be put to multi-tasking. These machines can be employed to do dangerous tasks and they can work all the time, they were programmed to work for long hours and continue doing that without needing breaks, getting tired, or getting distracted. AI can also be used as medical applications. doctors assess their patients and their health with artificial machine intelligence which can educate them about the side effects of each medicine. Medical professionals are trained with artificial surgery simulators, it can be used to detect brain disorder as it simulates the brain functions. AI is used as digital assistance which can interact with the users (Reddy, 2019). Apple’s assistance, Siri. Was made to help us find information, give us directions, add events to our calendar, helps us send messages and so on. Siri uses machine-learning technology to get more information and get better to predict or understand the user's questions and requests. When Amazon first introduced Alexa, which was made to help us scour web pages to find information, shops, schedule appoin