From 5ac6d57075f1e291b83505e7606cbabc53fb79fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bhanu Bhandari Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 22:11:27 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 1/6] Added revision of Aparoksha 2017 article --- _posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 100 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md diff --git a/_posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md b/_posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..21f8234 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ + --- + layout: Post + title: Aparoksha 2017 + author: Bhanu Bhandari + categories: Only three categories are now : future, trending and campus + intro: A round-up of Aparoksha 2017, tech-fest of IIIT Allahabad. + --- + + + +![APK 17 Logo](https://scontent-sit4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17554394_399838323717359_2503658938478483130_n.jpg?oh=996768e9086c3c4231974b9b96b15971&oe=5964C521) + +# What has IIIT Allahabad been up to this past week? + +IIIT Allahabad has been programming, solving, clue-hunting, soldering, gaming, laughing, learning, and last but not the least, dancing alongwith a lot of guests from various colleges across the country. + +![Aparoksha 2017 Banner](https://scontent.fdel1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16939137_1254363627946239_301544496404808595_n.jpg?oh=639de9686fbad0a2d568ecbeb7e7552a&oe=5959121D) + +Aparoksha returned for its third iteration this year, with anyone who likes to code, to build circuits, to design or is in any case interested in the world of computers and electronics being treated to a wide variety of events suited to everyone'skills sets - with an equal dose of fun to keep the stress levels minimal. + +![Theme: Skynet](https://scontent-sit4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17458246_399838953717296_1560409670839703533_n.jpg?oh=bac23cf2e52c48a4556a513507837825&oe=5956A8EC) +#### This year's theme was "Laying the foundations of Skynet." All events had some elements to it that reflected the theme. This cool looking logo was one of the more prominent declarations of the theme. + + + + +## What "events" do you speak of? +* **Github and IIIT Allahabad present Hack in the North**, the country's biggest student held hackathon. Yes, you read that right. The theme this year was "The Common Man", with accessible technologies and hardware builds being at the forefront of 36 hour long development extravaganza. The selection process was very thorough with only the best of the best getting in. Food, drinks, t-shirts, swag, goodies and enviable prizes worth INR 100,000: this hackathon had it ***all***. +![HITN](https://scontent-sit4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17522880_399838923717299_6365669746816634182_n.jpg?oh=309de81aab37e1de420ec90f157d11b7&oe=596CB374) +(Here's *almost* everyone who made Hack In the North 2017 special.) + + +* **Humblefool Cup**, a competitive coding event named after the [TopCoder handle](https://www.topcoder.com/members/humblefool/) of Late Harsha Suryanarayana sir, lovingly called "Lord Harsha" by his juniors - one of the best competitive programmers in India. This carried a cash prize of $500 in the onsite round, with hundreds of participants in the online round, and only a selected few getting a chance to compete for a lot of swag from TopCoder, and of course, the grand prize. The onsite round was held in the wee hours of the night, keeping in mind the coders' sleep cycles. (Or the lack of it) +![Humblefool Cup](https://scontent-sit4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17523367_399838833717308_6882044185022678422_n.jpg?oh=622c5799688e454e5651e0c7c666dab5&oe=594D379E) +(*Yes, we had medals for the winners. And T-Shirts. We're nice people.*) + + +* The **IT quiz** for all the techno-freaks out there. The questions were found to range from moderately tough to absolutely hilariously painfully unsolvable. + +* **Blind Wars**, **Lang Challenge**, **Qwerty Wars**: + 1. *Blind Wars* had the participants 1. typing code, only the screens were given some much needed downtime. Fair enough, right? + + 2. *Lang Challenge* was another niche challenge, with contestants being served up a pretty obscure, unpopular language and its documentation to boot. They were then given some problems to solve after being given some time (not nearly enough as the participants later said) to get a hang of it. The response was overwhelming. + +3. *Qwerty Wars* was a novel event wherein using customized keylogging software, your typing skills were put through the crucible of many paragraphs worth of text, sometimes mangled and garbled, sometimes large and sometimes small. + +* **Code Queens**: "Why should boys have all the fun?" is exactly what this event was all about. This event was a novel coding competition, with the lovely ladies being the only participants allowed. This turned out to be a wildly popular event. + +* **GitHero**, for those who think the quality of their commits and merges is the equivalent of 300 year aged wine, and their repositories are the opposite of tangled earphones. +The Git wave has seen a recent surge, with most of the population here preferring git as the preferred Version Control system, and to deploy static projects as well! The event was organized keeping in mind the fact that for a system used this regularly, not too many can claim that they're using it in the most efficient manner possible. + +* **Counter Strike and FIFA** in all their glory. Nothing much to say here, except we had projectors and other cool stuff. The gaming culture shines through the entirety of IIIT Allahabad and we pride ourselves for having a large, active gaming community. The staple game Counter-Strike finds itself as a symbol of the gaming culture that's been associated with colleges for a long while now, and we've our share of pros and newbies. + + +* **Aparoksha CTF, a Capture the flag tournament** for the people who've got astounding skills at web and file exploits; reverse engineer as if it's nothing; as well as WR1T1NG L1K3 TH15, and an unrelenting fondness for the words "n00b" and "pwn". The aim here was to capture the flag (an obscure string of text, not like Shia LaBeouf's "He Will Not Divide Us" shenanigan.) + + +* * **TopBot** was the flagship Electronics event, with two sub events: The Obstacle Course robot building contest as well as the Line Follower robot building contest. This had cash prizes worth INR 45,000 up for grabs, and many different ideas were put to pen, paper and bread boards: but only the best got their hands on these prizes. + +Cool Robot incoming: +![How cool is this robot](https://scontent-sit4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17498929_399838527050672_4426784627955326913_n.jpg?oh=a28d173bde8823a09c4f815044779377&oe=59570604) + +* * **Creative Slam** was a graphics design competition for the more aesthetic computer fanatics. Graphics design is on the up-and-up these days, so who are we to stand in way of the tide? The graphics designing culture is steadily gaining traction in here, and this is one of a series of events dedicat +* **Perplexus**, the bi-annual online treasure hunt. +* **Treasure Hunt**, the good old campus wide event. Our college has had this event as the best way to kick off festivities for a long while now, and is renowned amongst people far and wide as being one of the toughest and the most rewarding Treasure Hunts. Out went the "X"s and in came the QR Codes: a gentle reminder that the contestants were firmly in the birthplace of many a programmer. + +* Now, the new 'uns of the campus couldn't be left out of the loop, and hence we had two special events for first year students (students of IIIT Allahabad only): +1. **C Fresh**: A two round team competitive coding contest exclusively for the new coders, held in the same vein as the ACM ICPC - the Holy Grail of all coding contests. The first round saw participation from majority of the first years, and only the top third making it through. +2. **Tri Hacker Cup**: The final round of the four-round long TriHacker Cup concluded during Aparoksha, which was a web development round. This was an attempt to teach the first years a wide variety of skills and helping them make informed decisions later. The four diverse rounds were: Competiitve Programming, App Development and Graphics Design, a Capture the Flag tournament, and this Web development and FOSS round. + +There were a total of about 30 events held, from fields as diverse as back end web development to circuit redesigning and many multi-skill events such as the Tri techathlon. + +# Is that all there was to it? Events? + +##### Not Quite. +The fest kicked off with a grand opening ceremony with various cultural performances to boot. + +We had a big, big variety of events to keep everyone busy. + + +![Slightly big famous comedian](https://scontent-sit4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17522671_399838717050653_7096135555187037424_n.jpg?oh=a16316ebace0b38a0de7f3040fa8694f&oe=59607B39) + +One of the best stand up comedians of the country, YouTube sensation Karunesh Talwar came to perform on the 25th of March. The entire audience was in splits during and by the end, everyone wanted an encore performance, which was expected since this was the first time our college bore witness to a stand up show. + +![Tech Talks](https://scontent-sit4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17523286_399838493717342_8153103870024486071_n.jpg?oh=f0a5e5b055945b13d574a305937e65d3&oe=596B9A3B) + +Many tech talks were held throughout the duration of the techfest to spread awareness about things as diverse as making your LinkedIn profile shine to building a Data Analytics pipeline. (Come on, that rhymed. It's not that rare a thing.) + + +The Closing ceremony was held to award prizes to the winners of a few special events as well as the overall best partcipants. +They got nice trophies. +![Trophies and Prizes](https://scontent-sit4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17426039_399839440383914_966486076016355750_n.jpg?oh=b656d4e8cfb36d57cd8101aae3e9fa1e&oe=595D5474) + +The DJ was called in to release the stress and pain of having participated and worked this hard to make the fest a roaring success. (The attendees' words, not mine.) And oh, waas that a befitting end to Aparoksha. + +![Dance Dance I'm falling apart to half time](https://scontent-sit4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17499116_399838977050627_6267884425073860755_n.jpg?oh=b7dde9908eb6d4d0327f60354b719685&oe=595B431F) + + + ## And just like that, Aparoksha 2017 came to an end. + From e450d5cd7cb8a2587e63506a6346d03333f412c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bhanu Bhandari Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 22:21:58 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 2/6] Updated article with Humblefool related links --- _posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/_posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md b/_posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md index 21f8234..d414e8e 100644 --- a/_posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md +++ b/_posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ Aparoksha returned for its third iteration this year, with anyone who likes to c ![Humblefool Cup](https://scontent-sit4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17523367_399838833717308_6882044185022678422_n.jpg?oh=622c5799688e454e5651e0c7c666dab5&oe=594D379E) (*Yes, we had medals for the winners. And T-Shirts. We're nice people.*) +[Humblefool Tribute Page](https://fossiiita.github.io/humblefoolcup/humblefool/humblefool.html) +[Humblefool Cup](https://fossiiita.github.io/humblefoolcup) * The **IT quiz** for all the techno-freaks out there. The questions were found to range from moderately tough to absolutely hilariously painfully unsolvable. From 6fce6053ca344c5da895b706fc3a7017a4e74d1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bhanu Bhandari Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 22:25:49 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 3/6] Final update (fixed some typos) Nybles editor is a little messed up, had to use dillinger.io, the interface there is cleaner and the text box doesn't change when the amount of text goes beyond a certain limit. :-) --- _posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/_posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md b/_posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md index d414e8e..0e6bc17 100644 --- a/_posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md +++ b/_posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ layout: Post title: Aparoksha 2017 author: Bhanu Bhandari - categories: Only three categories are now : future, trending and campus + categories: trending, campus intro: A round-up of Aparoksha 2017, tech-fest of IIIT Allahabad. --- @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ The Closing ceremony was held to award prizes to the winners of a few special ev They got nice trophies. ![Trophies and Prizes](https://scontent-sit4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17426039_399839440383914_966486076016355750_n.jpg?oh=b656d4e8cfb36d57cd8101aae3e9fa1e&oe=595D5474) -The DJ was called in to release the stress and pain of having participated and worked this hard to make the fest a roaring success. (The attendees' words, not mine.) And oh, waas that a befitting end to Aparoksha. +The DJ was called in to release the stress and pain of having participated and worked this hard to make the fest a roaring success. (The attendees' words, not mine.) And oh, was that a befitting end to Aparoksha. ![Dance Dance I'm falling apart to half time](https://scontent-sit4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17499116_399838977050627_6267884425073860755_n.jpg?oh=b7dde9908eb6d4d0327f60354b719685&oe=595B431F) From 9f9b9e5d90e432c4ad7a4c812db0490f78dac5d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gautham Santhosh Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 15:52:29 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 4/6] Aparoksha2016 artilce add --- _posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md | 16 +++++++--------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/_posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md b/_posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md index 0e6bc17..c902daa 100644 --- a/_posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md +++ b/_posts/2017-03-29-Aparoksha17.md @@ -1,12 +1,10 @@ - --- - layout: Post - title: Aparoksha 2017 - author: Bhanu Bhandari - categories: trending, campus - intro: A round-up of Aparoksha 2017, tech-fest of IIIT Allahabad. - --- - - +--- +layout: Post +title: Aparoksha 2017 +author: Bhanu Bhandari +categories: campus +intro: A round-up of Aparoksha 2017, tech-fest of IIIT Allahabad. +--- ![APK 17 Logo](https://scontent-sit4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17554394_399838323717359_2503658938478483130_n.jpg?oh=996768e9086c3c4231974b9b96b15971&oe=5964C521) From 805ebb68643b5bbbaaa46a54872ae94e1838ce2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bhanu Bhandari Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 16:44:56 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Added article on AI - version 1 --- _posts/2017-07-23-AI-Terrific-or-Terrible.md | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2017-07-23-AI-Terrific-or-Terrible.md diff --git a/_posts/2017-07-23-AI-Terrific-or-Terrible.md b/_posts/2017-07-23-AI-Terrific-or-Terrible.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a64f144 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2017-07-23-AI-Terrific-or-Terrible.md @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +--- +layout: Post +title: AI - Terrific or terrible? +author: Bhanu Bhandari +category: future +--- + + +“The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.... It would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever increasing rate. Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn't compete, and would be superseded.” - Stephen Hawking + +Only recently we saw the news of a security robot, blessed with the gift of artificial intelligence to the point of near sentience, deciding to drown itself rather than continuing to do its job. Humorous, no doubt - this points out one of the least-discussed arenas under the shadow of Artificial Intelligence, which are the societal and ethical issues that come with it. This rather broad issue can be broken down into many major areas, some of which will be the focus of this article. While there is no doubt that Artificial Intelligence is making our lives easier - there is a potentially dangerous side to all these innovations and the exponential growth that comes with it. + +When asked about the status of AI researchers themselves, — [James Barrat](http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/matt-miller-artificial-intelligence-our-final-invention/2013/12/18/26ed6be8-67e6-11e3-8b5b-a77187b716a3_story.html), author of Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era, had something slightly scary to tell - “I don’t want to really scare you, but it was alarming how many people I talked to who are highly placed people in AI who have retreats that are sort of 'bug out' houses, to which they could flee if it all hits the fan.” Sounds fun? + + + +Experts such as Elon Musk (CEO of Tesla and SpaceX), Stephen Hawking (Physicist and Author, A Brief History of Time), Gary Marcus (Professor, Cognitive Science, NYU) have been warning against the risks we pose, with AI becoming more involved in our daily lives as well as more intelligent - if not humanly intelligent. We are still far away from having a fully functioning simulation of a human brain - but that does not mean that AI isn’t becoming stronger and more self-aware as time passes by.    + + + +First, the problem of automation and jobs, because a section of manual labour intensive jobs has already become a haven for robots - it is expected that around 78% of jobs related to welding, fixing, soldering, packaging and bottling will be taken away by the robots we possess currently if implemented everywhere - in contrast with only 25% of jobs which involve unpredictable and complex thinking while still being labor-intensive in nature. + +(See infographic) +![The impact of AI and automation on various sectors](https://assets.weforum.org/editor/PYSZd6KfmrS70JT5QUBSOjcqm5ommOc1_h14LLVUpYg.png) + + +This is not all - jobs in the programming and IT sector are also set to become scarce, as AI becomes powerful enough to do small coding tasks by itself - some AIs have reportedly created their own AIs. These AIs created by machines are apparently of higher quality than the ones which were created by Google’s engineers themselves. + +["AI has now started creating AI"](https://goo.gl/jmRThG) + +How these issues will be solved - the mass unemployment and the furore that will follow - remains to be seen. Some have argued for the implementation of a universal basic income, but even that remains a pipe dream and the complexities of its implementation are many. + +Then comes the problem of money. If a large chunk of jobs will be replaced by robots, who gets the money they earn? Our economic system is based on compensation for contribution to the economy, often assessed using an hourly wage. The majority of companies are still dependent on hourly work when it comes to products and services. But by using artificial intelligence, a company can drastically cut down on relying on the human workforce, and this means that revenues will go to fewer people. Consequently, individuals who have ownership in AI-driven companies will make all the money. The metrics and dynamics of a post-labor economy are yet to be seen. + +**Machines can be very, very stupid** + +The AIs which are put into the field are put through a training phase, which can be very high or very low in rigor, depending upon the creators and testers. There is one fatal problem with intelligent systems which run on code - they can be fooled in ways humans simply cannot. + +Very recently, the case of an Amazon bot created to design phone cases which started making some horribly disagreeable and strange phone cases came to light. A small other example would be an AI which “sees things” in random dot patterns. [These covers are not pretty. Period. ](http://www.iflscience.com/technology/amazon-ai-designed-to-create-phone-cases-goes-hilariously-wrong/) + +Code can be manipulated at various stages during its implementation. Unless a very high standard of security is maintained, jobs, money, and a major chunk of people’s lives which is now online could be put at risk - simply because an AI cannot be ready for all possibilities, but unlike humans, AI today does not have the sheer cognitive power to think of contingencies and prioritize the safety of some data over the other. + + +**AIs can become racist, cold and unempathetic** + +Microsoft’s Twitter bot, Tay, designed as an exercise in conversational techniques, was going very well in the first few hours of its inception. Strangely, however, it changed tones from “Humans are super cool!” to the decidedly less agreeable “Hitler was right” within the span of hours. Of course, the bot included a keyword to simply repeat any statement the user liked, and Tay responded in kind - people took advantage and had it mimic some disagreeable and unkind phrases. Something weird and completely unexpected happened, however. Someone sent Tay the photo of a Vietnamese prisoner being executed - with actor Mark Wahlberg’s face photoshopped in place of the executioner -  and Tay responded to them by saying “IMMA BE SHIPPING THE TWO OF YOU FROM NOW ON”, hinting at a romantic relationship between the prisoner and executioner. This gives us an insight as to exactly how uncaring, dark and cold AIs can become. + +This could have far-reaching consequences if bots like these are used in systems which regulate distribution of resources or profiling.   + +Another AI used to profile criminals showed a massive bias against people of African American descent - one other such AI programmed within a consumer’s digital camera, detected a person of Asian descent as “blinking” even though they weren’t. Being more sensitive to the differences between people from different races and accommodating them is very important in today’s day and age. This is an issue that is squarely on the shoulders of designers - if they don’t make their AIs more empathetic and inclusive, the AIs sure will not learn these values themselves. + +[You can see the 'mis'adventures of Tay for yourself, here](https://qz.com/653084/microsofts-disastrous-tay-experiment-shows-the-hidden-dangers-of-ai/) + + + +**What if the AIs start attacking us, the creators?** + +What if artificial intelligence itself turned against us? This doesn't mean by turning "evil" in the way a human might, or the way AI disasters are depicted in Hollywood movies. Rather, we can imagine an advanced AI system as a "genie in a bottle" that can fulfill wishes, but with terrible unforeseen consequences. + +In the case of a machine, there is unlikely to be malice at play, only a lack of understanding of the full context in which the wish was made. Imagine an AI system that is asked to eradicate cancer in the world. After a lot of computing, it spits out a formula that does, in fact, bring about the end of cancer – by killing everyone on the planet. The computer would have achieved its goal of "no more cancer" very efficiently, but not in the way humans intended it. + + + +**How do we keep AI safe from enemies?** + +Cybersecurity is one of the biggest issues in the world, not just limited to the context of AI. We absolutely have to, in all cases, protect sensitive data from the hands of crackers and cybercriminals. Not only code, but information about artillery, ongoing defense research and defense tactics and all confidential documents must at all times be given adequate security. Places like nuclear power plants, mints, electricity substations, government buildings and army headquarters, if hacked, can yield a lot of damage to any country’s ability to protect themselves in times of duress. + +**What about singularity?** + +This is an issue which has come up countless times when AI is discussed. AI, by virtue of its fast growth and human-like approach to growing its intelligence (only much faster), may very well one day parallel or even supersede human intelligence. That point, where humans are no longer the most intelligent, has been oft debated - but with no positive outcomes as such. We cannot have a “kill switch” - that would be far too huge a penalty to pay for all the benefits Artificial Intelligence affords us.   + + + + +   From fae431675c18ea23c3b25712e9d111311f002685 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bhanu Bhandari Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:17:09 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Updated 2017-07-22-AI-Terrible-or-Terrific.md --- _posts/2017-07-23-AI-Terrific-or-Terrible.md | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/_posts/2017-07-23-AI-Terrific-or-Terrible.md b/_posts/2017-07-23-AI-Terrific-or-Terrible.md index a64f144..3caafdb 100644 --- a/_posts/2017-07-23-AI-Terrific-or-Terrible.md +++ b/_posts/2017-07-23-AI-Terrific-or-Terrible.md @@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ When asked about the status of AI researchers themselves, — [James Barrat](htt Experts such as Elon Musk (CEO of Tesla and SpaceX), Stephen Hawking (Physicist and Author, A Brief History of Time), Gary Marcus (Professor, Cognitive Science, NYU) have been warning against the risks we pose, with AI becoming more involved in our daily lives as well as more intelligent - if not humanly intelligent. We are still far away from having a fully functioning simulation of a human brain - but that does not mean that AI isn’t becoming stronger and more self-aware as time passes by.    - +There are many issues that need to be confronted when it comes to the rise of AI, especially in areas where it could become more of a boon than a bane. + + +**Jobs, automation and labor** First, the problem of automation and jobs, because a section of manual labour intensive jobs has already become a haven for robots - it is expected that around 78% of jobs related to welding, fixing, soldering, packaging and bottling will be taken away by the robots we possess currently if implemented everywhere - in contrast with only 25% of jobs which involve unpredictable and complex thinking while still being labor-intensive in nature. @@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ This is not all - jobs in the programming and IT sector are also set to become s ["AI has now started creating AI"](https://goo.gl/jmRThG) How these issues will be solved - the mass unemployment and the furore that will follow - remains to be seen. Some have argued for the implementation of a universal basic income, but even that remains a pipe dream and the complexities of its implementation are many. +You can check how secure your jobs is with the coming of AI and automation right [here](https://willrobotstakemyjob.com). Then comes the problem of money. If a large chunk of jobs will be replaced by robots, who gets the money they earn? Our economic system is based on compensation for contribution to the economy, often assessed using an hourly wage. The majority of companies are still dependent on hourly work when it comes to products and services. But by using artificial intelligence, a company can drastically cut down on relying on the human workforce, and this means that revenues will go to fewer people. Consequently, individuals who have ownership in AI-driven companies will make all the money. The metrics and dynamics of a post-labor economy are yet to be seen. @@ -50,16 +54,13 @@ This could have far-reaching consequences if bots like these are used in systems Another AI used to profile criminals showed a massive bias against people of African American descent - one other such AI programmed within a consumer’s digital camera, detected a person of Asian descent as “blinking” even though they weren’t. Being more sensitive to the differences between people from different races and accommodating them is very important in today’s day and age. This is an issue that is squarely on the shoulders of designers - if they don’t make their AIs more empathetic and inclusive, the AIs sure will not learn these values themselves. [You can see the 'mis'adventures of Tay for yourself, here](https://qz.com/653084/microsofts-disastrous-tay-experiment-shows-the-hidden-dangers-of-ai/) - - **What if the AIs start attacking us, the creators?** What if artificial intelligence itself turned against us? This doesn't mean by turning "evil" in the way a human might, or the way AI disasters are depicted in Hollywood movies. Rather, we can imagine an advanced AI system as a "genie in a bottle" that can fulfill wishes, but with terrible unforeseen consequences. In the case of a machine, there is unlikely to be malice at play, only a lack of understanding of the full context in which the wish was made. Imagine an AI system that is asked to eradicate cancer in the world. After a lot of computing, it spits out a formula that does, in fact, bring about the end of cancer – by killing everyone on the planet. The computer would have achieved its goal of "no more cancer" very efficiently, but not in the way humans intended it. - **How do we keep AI safe from enemies?** @@ -67,9 +68,10 @@ Cybersecurity is one of the biggest issues in the world, not just limited to the **What about singularity?** -This is an issue which has come up countless times when AI is discussed. AI, by virtue of its fast growth and human-like approach to growing its intelligence (only much faster), may very well one day parallel or even supersede human intelligence. That point, where humans are no longer the most intelligent, has been oft debated - but with no positive outcomes as such. We cannot have a “kill switch” - that would be far too huge a penalty to pay for all the benefits Artificial Intelligence affords us.   - +This is an issue which has come up countless times when AI is discussed. AI, by virtue of its fast growth and human-like approach to growing its intelligence (only much faster), may very well one day parallel or even supersede human intelligence. That point, where humans are no longer the most intelligent, has been oft debated - but with no positive outcomes as such. We cannot have a “kill switch” - that would be far too huge a penalty to pay for all the benefits Artificial Intelligence affords us. One of the biggest AI related dilemmas belongs to one of the most exciting applications of it - self driving cars, where the car is subjected to a scenario where it cannot save both the pedestrian and the driver and is forced to choose. The singularity is something "science doesn't have an answer to, yet" - because the question would carry more weight when its immediacy becomes more apparent. The stage of singularity is still theoretical and will take some time to come to fruition.   +**What does it all come down to?** +It all comes down to developers and the consumers - the software industry runs first and foremost on the needs of the consumer, just like all other industries. AI brings with it paradigm-shifting prospects as well as seriously concerning flaws - but the fact remains, the growth of AI is still in our reigns. We still have control over how the story of AI is scripted - of course, AI will become smarter, but the growth is only incremental and robotics is already on a slow growth chart as it is. Self driving cars are still on the way to become mainstream. All in all, the problems and concerns listed above can be recognized right now, but for now, the benefits of AI far outweigh any of those. AI is helping solve much more problems than it creates - and the tip of that scale is likely to point in its favor for the foreseeable future.