Advantages and Disadvantages of Artificial
Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is one of the emerging technologies which
tries to simulate human reasoning in AI systems. John
McCarthy invented the term Artificial Intelligence in the year 1950.
He said, ‘Every aspect of learning or any other feature of
intelligence can in principle be so precisely described that a
machine can be made to simulate it. An attempt will be made
to find how to make machines use language, form
abstractions, and concepts, solve kinds of problems now
reserved for humans, and improve themselves.’
Artificial Intelligence is the ability of a computer program to learn
and think. Everything can be considered Artificial intelligence if it
involves a program doing something that we would normally think
would rely on the intelligence of a human.
The advantages of Artificial intelligence applications are enormous
and can revolutionize any professional sector. Let’s see some of
them
1) Reduction in Human Error:
The phrase “human error” was born because humans make
mistakes from time to time. Computers, however, do not make these
mistakes if they are programmed properly. With Artificial
intelligence, the decisions are taken from the previously gathered
information applying a certain set of algorithms. So errors are
reduced and the chance of reaching accuracy with a greater degree
of precision is a possibility.
Example: In Weather Forecasting using AI they have reduced the
majority of human error.
2) Takes risks instead of Humans:
This is one of the biggest advantages of Artificial intelligence. We
can overcome many risky limitations of humans by developing an AI
Robot which in turn can do the risky things for us. Let it be going to
mars, defuse a bomb, explore the deepest parts of oceans, mining
for coal and oil, it can be used effectively in any kind of natural or
man-made disasters.
Example: Have you heard about the Chernobyl nuclear power
plant explosion in Ukraine? At that time there were no AI-powered
robots that can help us to minimize the effect of radiation by
controlling the fire in early stages, as any human went close to the
core was dead in a matter of minutes. They eventually poured sand
and boron from helicopters from a mere distance.
AI Robots can be used in such situations where intervention can be
hazardous.
3) Available 24x7:
An Average human will work for 4–6 hours a day excluding the
breaks. Humans are built in such a way to get some time out for
refreshing themselves and get ready for a new day of work and they
even have weekly offed to stay intact with their work-life and
personal life. But using AI we can make machines work 24x7
without any breaks and they don’t even get bored, unlike humans.
Example: Educational Institutes and Helpline centers are getting
many queries and issues which can be handled effectively using AI.
4) Helping in Repetitive Jobs:
In our day-to-day work, we will be performing many repetitive works
like sending a thanking mail, verifying certain documents for errors
and many more things. Using artificial intelligence we can
productively automate these mundane tasks and can even remove
“boring” tasks for humans and free them up to be increasingly
creative.
Example: In banks, we often see many verifications of documents to
get a loan which is a repetitive task for the owner of the bank. Using
AI Cognitive Automation the owner can speed up the process of
verifying the documents by which both the customers and the owner
will be benefited.
5) Digital Assistance:
Some of the highly advanced organizations use digital assistants to
interact with users which saves the need for human resources. The
digital assistants also used in many websites to provide things that
users want. We can chat with them about what we are looking for.
Some chatbots are designed in such a way that it’s become hard to
determine that we’re chatting with a chatbot or a human being.
Example: We all know that organizations have a customer support
team that needs to clarify the doubts and queries of the customers.
Using AI the organizations can set up a Voice bot or Chatbot which
can help customers with all their queries. We can see many
organizations already started using them on their websites and
mobile applications.
6) Faster Decisions:
Using AI alongside other technologies we can make machines take
decisions faster than a human and carry out actions quicker. While
taking a decision human will analyze many factors both emotionally
and practically but AI-powered machine works on what it is
programmed and delivers the results in a faster way.
Example: We all have played Chess games in Windows. It is nearly
impossible to beat CPU in the hard mode because of the AI behind
that game. It will take the best possible step in a very short time
according to the algorithms used behind it.
7) Daily Applications:
Daily applications such as Apple’s Siri, Window’s Cortana,
Google’s OK Google are frequently used in our daily routine
whether it is for searching a location, taking a selfie, making a
phone call, replying to a mail and many more.
Example: Around 20 years ago, when we are planning to go
somewhere we used to ask a person who already went there for the
directions. But now all we have to do is say “OK Google where is
Visakhapatnam”. It will show you Visakhapatnam’s location on
google map and the best path between you and Visakhapatnam.
8) New Inventions:
AI is powering many inventions in almost every domain which will
help humans solve the majority of complex problems.
Example: Recently doctors can predict breast cancer in the woman
at earlier stages using advanced AI-based technologies.
As every bright side has a darker version in it. Artificial Intelligence
also has some disadvantages. Let’s see some of them
1) High Costs of Creation:
As AI is updating every day the hardware and software need to get
updated with time to meet the latest requirements. Machines need
repairing and maintenance which need plenty of costs. It’ s creation
requires huge costs as they are very complex machines.
2) Making Humans Lazy:
AI is making humans lazy with its applications automating the
majority of the work. Humans tend to get addicted to these
inventions which can cause a problem to future generations.
3) Unemployment:
As AI is replacing the majority of the repetitive tasks and other
works with robots,human interference is becoming less which will
cause a major problem in the employment standards. Every
organization is looking to replace the minimum qualified individuals
with AI robots which can do similar work with more efficiency.
4) No Emotions:
There is no doubt that machines are much better when it comes to
working efficiently but they cannot replace the human connection
that makes the team. Machines cannot develop a bond with humans
which is an essential attribute when comes to Team Management.
5) Lacking Out of Box Thinking:
Machines can perform only those tasks which they are designed or
programmed to do, anything out of that they tend to crash or give
irrelevant outputs which could be a major backdrop.
SUMMARY:
These are some advantages and disadvantages of Artificial
Intelligence. Every new invention or breakthrough will have both,
but we as humans need to take care of that and use the positive
sides of the invention to create a better world. Artificial intelligence
has massive potential advantages. The key for humans will ensure
the “rise of the robots” doesn’t get out of hand. Some people also
say that Artificial intelligence can destroy human civilization if it
goes into the wrong hands. But still, none of the AI applications
made at that scale that can destroy or enslave humanity.
