Leaders And Guardians
Artificial Intelligence In The Age Of Goliaths And Men
A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother — Homer
We live in an interesting world. Nobody knows what happens next. Even if they think they do, they don’t know how soon. Take the case of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI has always progressed in spurts. There were two AI winters where research and investment in AI waned. In the past decade, we have seen a resurgence and increased interest in AI. Today, most of the applications of AI are confined to solving lower order problems compared to what AI is potentially capable of. However, the world is swinging between observation and paranoia as it concocts various scenarios about how AI will affect the world. This article offers three frameworks to look at a world where AI will be accessible by both the large Goliaths (Facebook, Google and the ilk) as well as by common men as it gets rapidly democratized.
There is a heated debate on many issues surrounding AI i.e. what constitutes AI?, how do we use AI?, how do we ensure data privacy without stifling innovation?, what are economic, moral and ethical implications of AI? Right now, it seems like many blind men are touching different parts of the elephant and defining the problem from their viewpoint. Harmonization of…
