TWC Paper Outline

Artificial Intelligence

Background/Introduction

The main idea of artificial intelligence is that the capacity of the human mind can be described and replicated with a machine. While today, we are nowhere near creating anything that can replicate the human brain, technology has reached the point where robots have been created that have some form of autonomous functions. With artificial intelligence progressing at a rapid rate, we are also entering a new frontier with many potential problems and ethical concerns, which will be examined in this paper, and what we can do about it.

Why I chose this topic.

It is impossible to ignore the huge leaps in technological advancement with regards to artificial intelligence in recent years. While we designed such machines with the intent of helping ourselves, there’s always the possibilities of artificial intelligence backfiring on us like a technological singularity, as well as the numerous ethical issues.

Background and Historical Perspective

What is artificial intelligence and a brief history of it

The aim of artificial intelligence and how it has developed till today.

The Current Situation

Certain robots have displayed very limited ability of replicating human emotions.

Artificial intelligence still far from having the capabilities of the human brain.Machines are slowly taking over entry level and highly routinized work.

Issues for Future Consideration

Voice recognition technology is highly advanced now. In the near future, with adequate processing power, it has the ability to spy on everyone in the world for its operator as seen in the film Minority Report. As such, the issue of one’s privacy is at hand here.

If one day robots develop the ability to be more intelligent than humans, would they rebel against us and develop a technological singularity?

The importance of creating a friendly artificial intelligence.

If one day robots develop the ability to think as a human brain does, will it give them the ability to feel? Should they be accorded certain rights?

Conclusion
Steps we can take to minimise the potential problems and ethical concerns