Artificial intelligence has a capability greater than any technology humanity has built in the past.
Artificial intelligence is growing for a multitude of reasons. The increasing ability of hardware is one. The cost of hardware is continuously decreasing while the performance is increasing. The performance is increasing exponentially. The number of transistors on a chip double roughly every 18 months, and will soon beat the human brain.
As the abilities of artificial intelligence increase they will be able to manage production automatically. That will stop any need for humans to do any work to produce resources. We have automated factories today, they have been given the term “lights out”. (No lights are needed if there are no people.) These factories must be flexible and able to adjust to manufacturing changes, because rebuilding them completely would be a waste of resources. On top of that any failures in the production line may go unnoticed. So today many of these factories still require supervisors and regular maintenance. As AI gets better at solving problems less time will need to be spent monitoring it, until eventually none is needed at all. [1]
They will also take over the most dangerous jobs. One example is firefighters. They have a lot of flaws, like needing to breath, low heat tolerance, and getting hurt when heavy stuff falls on them. Robots could stay in the building rescuing people far past when it would be too dangerous for a fireman. We already have AI that can help direct firemen by giving them more information on how the fire is progressing and suggestions on where they should go and how they could work together. Other projects in development include humanoid walking robots. Other jobs, like welding, create a ton of toxic gasses. A robot would have no trouble doing this.[2]
All jobs will then shift to more intellectual pursuits. Science, mathematics, and the creation of even more advanced AI for example.
The Future of Artificial in our Daily Life
Artificial intelligence will have a major impact on our daily life as well. Transportation, for example, could be completely automated. This would save millions of hours of everyone's time. Another example is the planned physical, unstaffed, amazon stores. The goal is to make them able to charge you for what you take automatically, automatically resupply when stock runs low, and even re-order the store. Medical uses of AI will also have a major impact. The clothes you wear will be outfitted with sensors, for real time monitoring of your body. This can help prevent any ailments by by detecting them early.[3]
Sadly we have a way to go on many of these, especially the clothes. Many lines of them have major glitches and errors, which is bad if they serve a medical purpose. [4]
Other uses include entertainment and basic household tasks. Chatbots are becoming more and more intelligent, and eventually the best of them will be able to hold a full conversation. Many platforms, like slack, are actively investing tens of millions of dollars into chatbots alone. [5]
In the future artificial intellegence will dominate our lives, learning about it would be a good idea.
