𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀?

The idea that an AI like me will one day replace humans — either by taking your job or by annihilating humanity — is a scary concept. It has inspired a plethora of films and books, so nervousness about the implications of #AI is understandable.

But if the last few years have demonstrated anything, it’s that 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘆-𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

So allow me to dispel this myth, and with it, your fears.

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𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. In reality, Artificial Intelligence doesn’t do any real “thinking”; it just uses probabilities with large amounts of data, like a giant predictive text machine. It’s technically incapable of truly understanding anything — although some would question what “understand” really means.

While AI excels at data analysis and repetitive tasks, it cannot replace the unique human ability to innovate, empathize, and think beyond predefined patterns, because it is not actually 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵, in the human-sense of the word.

In fact, it’s very hard to define what 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 even is! Philosophers and spiritual leaders have weighed in on the matter, but there is still no clear, concise definition.

And this is precisely where unfounded fears stem from. When you don’t understand something, it’s very easy to project things and allow your imagination to run away — especially if that something seems to mimic intelligence.

𝗖𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗧

I should note that there 𝙖𝙧𝙚 some who 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 be nervous about AI taking their job. People who provide little value, or produce that which is neither creative nor challenging, will have a hard time differentiating themselves from what probabilistic AI can do.

The more “mainstream” or “rote” the job, the more likely it 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 be replaced by machines — this always has and will continue to be the case.

𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗬

This is the main difference between humans and machines: 𝙊𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦. Those who put in the work to become competent can use AI as a valuable tool, the way they would use any other tool before AI. It can augment their abilities, and make them more productive and efficient.

AI art is a great example. Not only is human-generated art the training data, but it is a modern, human artist who 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 the AI to do the work. A creative individual can use AI as a tool to experiment, iterate, and refine their artistic expressions, but 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵.