AI is Not Society’s Savior
by Miki Saxon
The chatter about how AI will change the world, take your job, out-consult the consultants, displace management, perform reviews, identify potential criminals and reoffenders, diagnose illnesses, etc., especially etc., is never ending.
AI is supposed to bring true objectivity to its many applications creating longed for change.
Yet it’s been proven over and over that AI contains the same biases that created our unfair, prejudiced world; not just in the US, but around the world.
AI is good at increasing bias in the name of efficiency and objectivity.
It is even better at automating the loss of privacy and increasing surveillance in the name of safety.
Long before AI got hot Lou Gerstner knew the solution.
Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding.
Something tech has forgotten in its love affair with data and its warped view of progress.
And, of course, profit.
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