AI 2041

AI 2041 explores the concept of artificial intelligence and delves into some thought-provoking ideas about AI taking over the world in the next twenty years, from our day-to-day lives to our jobs, becoming a worldwide used tool that will shake the world as we know it from the ground up.

There is no doubt that AI can help us achieve great things. For example, Google Translate helps millions of users every day to understand foreign languages. Also, AI systems in hospitals can centralize data and help spot and treat diseases using common patterns.

However, harnessing the power of AI can prove to be a challenging feat. In the wrong hands, such powerful technology can be destructive. Take Buzzfeed’s video of Barack Obama calling Donald Trump a “total dipshit” in 2018. The only problem? The video was a deepfake created with the help of AI to shed some light on its potential harm of it.

Therefore, you always have to be skeptical regarding what you see online. However, there are still ways to spot and prove a fake from the original, if the situation asks for it. Computers are not sufficiently advanced to make sense of images like the human brain does, but with enough data, AI systems won’t take too long until they can fake any image, video, or online piece of content.

Artificial intelligence can prove to be a leveraging tool in the learning process. Moreover, it can help children become more communicative and increase their engagement with the world. Let’s say a child has a hard time integrating into class and can’t make friends easily. On top of that, they don’t feel comfortable speaking their mind and being around other kids.

Given a magic pair of glasses, the kid can now see a funny-looking, fictional character that speaks to him, and thanks to the available information and biometric data, it seems that the character knows all about them. To the kid’s surprise, this persona seems to understand them like no one else and they become best friends. Now, the AI can dictate the course of this friendship and help the kid become more sociable, and encourage them to speak their mind.

Another way through which AI can help people is by accelerating learning processes. AI-derived educational software systems can help teachers grade papers, assign tasks, answer questions about lectures while leaving more time for professors to engage with students. While AI can’t teach emotional intelligence and human interactions, it can definitely help reduce the burden of repetitive tasks.