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Do you recall any startling predictions about the interactions between humans and robots in an artificial intelligence-powered future society? Throughout the years, several scientists, astrobiologists, and others have put out numerous ideas on AI. Ome predicted the end of the world, while others promised marvels that never came true.
In this post, you will read about 7 worst AI predictions that never come true.
For quite some years, the anxiety that AI would render every task redundant has prevailed. In the early 2000s, it was theorized that by 2020 AI would have substituted most humans in the labor force thus rendering millions jobless.
Even though automation replaced some people, this was not in simplicity that there is or was ever existed. Rather than eliminating employment, AI has generated fresh opportunities and evolved markets. The workplace is still very much in need of human attributes such as innovation, compassionate understanding, and reasoning.
The 1990s also saw its share of over-the-top forecasts when some experts opined that AI would be equal to a person by the year 2010. AI was expected to reason, learn, and solve problems even as humans do. However, As we know it, Artificial Intelligence has a long way to go in becoming as intelligent as humans. Even though new tools have been invented to enhance machine learning and natural language capabilities, AI still lacks the basic skills of common sense and understanding feelings.
Several tech geniuses predicted that by the year 2020 cars without a driver would reign supreme on the roads. With the likes of Tesla and Google, companies spent billions on autonomous driving technologies with assertions of a world free of a driver. Although there are self-driving vehicles present today, they are still far from being the primary means of transportation.
Several theorists of AI think that machines will acquire the ability to think, feel, and be self-conscious in a period before 2025. This in turn created both hope and anxiety in some quarters because of the morality of producing beings that think. But still, machines have not given any signs of being self-aware. Ai for example are still tools designed to execute specific functions and no more, without any concept of self.
In the earlier years of the 2010s, a large section of society thought that the healthcare industry would be fully reconstructed thanks to the technology of AI and all problems of medicine would be solved. It was supposed that ML models would very quickly recognize patterns in medical data and would HIPAA diagnose people with much better than average accuracy and even do the drugs. By now, AI has done some work in medical images, drug development, and diagnostics, but has fallen short of the more ambitious expectations. The healthcare system is not so simple, and tools of artificial intelligence still need specialists.
At a certain point, the attitude was that everyone was staring into the forehead of creation and there existed an apprehension that AI would surpass authors, fine artists, and numerous other creators. The advent of AI text and art made some think industries that thrive on creativity would be taken away by robots. Nevertheless, AI text production is often devoid of depth, creativity, or at times even a simple human touch that the most common person seems to possess. AI helps the artist from the background but has not taken over the art of emotion and story development.
There were other more bold and shocking auguries about the future made by prominent people like Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking. They suggested that the machines who can think logically will become superintelligent. It would be impossible for humans to control them in such a situation. Hence, machines will make decisions that would annihilate the entire population.
There is no doubt that artificial intelligence is a game-changing technology that has revolutionized activities and lifestyles. Still, many of the most breathtaking forecasts about artificial intelligence have not been fulfilled. Rather than being afraid of AI or believing it can solve our problems, we should have a set of expectations for its development. AI will surely improve in the coming years, but it will not meet every expectation that has been set for it.
On that note, let’s keep our feet on the ground and look forward to making the world better with AI, appreciating its restraint and the dangers it can pose.
