Yesterday, I had this chat with my mother about AI, aka Artificial Intelligence. Now, if you first heard words that you’ve never or even hardly heard in your life, the first question that would normally pop in your head would be, “What is….?’ (with the ”…” being the word you seemed confused of).
Well then, let’s breakdown on What is AI?
AI, or Artificial Intelligence, refers to the ability of computer systems to perform tasks that naturally require human intelligence, such as learning, problem-solving, and judging things. Artificial means that it is built, planned, sequenced, and programmed by humans. Intelligence…yeah, well, we all must know what that means, but I’ll just type it down anyway. It means our smartness or cleverness.
With AI, you can do anything, like generate pictures, translate, and you can also ask AI to do your homework – which is definitely not something I’d do. Examples of Artificial Intelligence are ChatGPT, Perchance, Gemini, Blackbox Ai, Character Ai, Meta Ai, Llama, and so many more.
ChatGpt
This is the most streamed ai source on the internet. People use this site to help on researches, homework, even with their daily lives! Sometimes some people use ChatGPT as a “friend to talk to”. ChatGPT was created by OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research and deployment company. Open AI released ChatGPT as a free “research preview” in November 2022. The company was founded in 2015 by Sam Altman and Elon Musk.
According Professor Stella Christie, Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology of Indonesia, AI is a tool that can help humans, and that there is nothing to be afraid of that. She points out the importance of developing our “humanity” skills that cannot be copied by Artificial Intelligence.
What do you think she means about “humanity” skills? Well, I believe it relies on critical thinking, creativity, and the ability to make wise decisions. These are such things AI cannot take from us. Below are the consequences of overusing AI according to her:
- Loss of ability to asses quality
- Losing the ability to create original works
- Not Knowing the limitations of using AI
According to Prof. Stella Christie, humans with their natural conscience and sensitivity certainly cannot be replaced by AI. Like Chat GPT, which is only able to provide general answers. “Relying completely on AI without coming up with new ideas will ultimately make us unable to judge which works are good and which are not,” said Prof. Stella Christie.
Continuous use of AI can reduce the ability to think critically and creatively. As a result, AI unconsciously begins to replace the role of humans. For example, in coding, script writing or other jobs. Instead of helping with work, this smart machine can actually replace productivity and eliminate nature’s ability to produce its own work.
With easy access, prompts and fast task completion, AI is often the main choice to make work easier.
Now…what does AI actually do?
- Mimicking Human Intelligence
AI aims to develop systems that can judge or perceive their environment, reason, learn from data, solve problems, and even exhibit creativity.
- Learning and Adaptation
AI systems learn from data, identify patterns, and improve their performance over time, often through machine learning techniques.
- Diverse Applications
AI is used in a wide array of fields, including natural language processing, computer vision, robotics, and data analytics.
- Subsets of AI
Machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing are key subsets of AI that enable specific functionalities like pattern recognition, complex data analysis, and language understanding.
What do I think of Artificial Intelligence?
I think that for the future, AI can make both negative and positive impacts on the world. There will be no more factory workers, but I more like the “original” work.
Not only factory workers will be changed, but perhaps surgeons too. Even now, there are a few operations being done by robots instead of doctors. AI can now make their own songs and generate their own images. Digital artists and illustrators practically aren’t needed anymore.
I know one thing: One day, humans will become lazy and rely on Artificial Intelligence too much. And, perhaps in like a thousand years, AI will also turn to us. Humiliating right? Humans’ own creations are attacking us.
(AI : a tool that makes us lazy???)
Many people, even Prof Stella herself – who is the deputy minster of higher education – states that AI is definitely not suitable for students. Why?
Students – including me – are people whose brains are still developing/evolving. If they rely on AI too much, there brains, instead of becoming smarter, will become smaller. Weird huh?
Well, for me and mom, no. Because, just like the three consequences above, we won’t be able to learn or judge.
And on that note, my writing about AI/Artificial Intelligence ends here.
