By: Emma Hersey, ’29

Staff Writer

The concept of Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has been around for a long time, dating back to around the 1950s. It started with just chatbots on your computer, and now you can create original images, text, videos and more. The world has changed significantly due to AI, but as with all progress, it can have a downside. AI has already done much good, but what damage will follow close behind?

Recently, AI has been very popular among students. It is a quick and easy way to get your work done without having to think too hard on your own. But using AI to complete your work will only cause harm to yourself. Getting your work done is important, but there is no point in homework if you don’t complete it yourself. Using AI doesn’t help you to know the material and actually learn it. The grading system has become more uptight because of the increase in AI usage. AI checkers can be controversial because they are programmed to see em dashes (a long horizontal dash that emphasizes a claud) and Oxford commas (the comma before “and” or “or” in a list) as indicators of AI. But in fact, these are just basic grammar tools. Now, people who use Oxford commas and em dashes might be flagged down by a teacher for the use of AI.

With the recent popularity and interest in AI, there has been a surge in the abilities that these tools can accomplish in a matter of seconds. Due to the complex code behind AI, it has been able to take the place of many jobs, thus putting humans out of work. Jobs such as editing, manufacturing, bookkeeping, customer service and graphic design are among those impacted by AI. If someone wanted to use AI to write and sell a book, it would be possible. AI tools can write the chapters, edit the pages, create the cover, have it published and manufactured, keep track of its financial standing. If there are any problems with the customers, AI can accommodate them. These five jobs listed are all part of the process that goes into creating and selling a book. If the decrease in jobs for humans remains steady, AI could displace 6-7 percent of the population’s current jobs. 

AI has become a staple of everyday life, to the point that some people don’t even realize they’re using it. To be able to predict things, AI uses your past actions and creates a pattern to follow to anticipate what will happen next. Google, autocorrect, face recognition and personalized recommendations are all examples of the AI that is integrated into your everyday life. When you pick up your phone and unlock it with Face ID, turn on a recommended playlist based on your prior listening, and use automatic correction in Google search, these are all ways that AI works behind the scenes. While many debate the use of AI in school and the workplace, it is hard to argue that we haven’t benefitted from the increased efficiency and personalization.

AI allows tasks that require human intelligence to be completed via computer; it helps with problem-solving, decision-making, etc. Though this is created by computers and loads of complex data coding, the system is not perfect and leaves room for misinterpretation. Most people in this world do not have a higher level of intelligence than AI, but human thinking will always be superior. This idea of higher human thinking is shown when making important court decisions. AI can always present wrong output, and that can put the client’s freedom and privacy at risk. Information coming out of AI would be expected to be correct, but there can always be AI hallucinations in which it presents false evidence to set forth. It is also risky to put in the information of your client for the AI to do its job, because that would be a breach of confidentiality of the client. This now gives the people managing and overseeing the program information about your client. That information that you put in will also be remembered by the system. AI is not a perfect system and cannot always be trusted; this is why the human brain will always be superior regarding AI.

AI is everywhere, even in places that you don’t expect it. There are many benefits that come with using AI, but it also has its drawbacks. The use of this technological tool is enabling cheating and lowering the integrity of education. It is impacting the job market. In the future, its reach could be even more extensive than it already is. AI has become a fundamental part of our world, but will it get to a point where it is the world? When considering the seemingly limitless potential of technology, we must think about not just what AI can do, but what it should do. AI is just at the beginning of its full potential, so what will the world look like when AI reaches its full capacity? What will the world look like? Will there still be humans? Will AI take over? We are only at the advent of our journey to figure out this question.

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