In the AI Era, How Can Humans Find a Way to Survive?

Worried about being completely replaced by AI? First, you need to know what AI can replace. 

The application of artificial intelligence (AI) in life is already very common, but in fact, AI has appeared as early as the 1990s. However, due to objective reasons such as equipment and technology, it has not been fully developed. This is why it has gradually become mainstream and widely used in modern times.

So, what exactly is AI, why has it become so popular in modern times, and what changes will the emergence of AI bring?

What is Ai?

We can understand the AI system as a computational model, and a predictive model in computer science. This means that AI can predict the future behavior of data subjects based on existing big data through predictive model algorithms, or improve the efficiency of existing technologies. As long as there is enough data, it can do many things that you find incredible.

This also determines that it is more advanced than the system of lag model algorithm, because although the lag model can also process and calculate big data, it cannot make multiple possible predictions about the future behavior of the sample subject.

That is, no matter how much data the lag model provides, it will always give the same answer based on the same data. However, the predictive model can make more and more realistic decisions as the input data increases, and even predict the future behavior of the sample subject.

Why is artificial intelligence only being widely used now?

      ① Technological progress and algorithm improvement

      ② The rapid development and widespread popularity of Internet technology has facilitated data collection and processing, providing AI systems with a large amount of data support. As mentioned earlier, one of the key principles of AI algorithm design is to have enough data, so that meaningful and correct decisions can be made.

In AI algorithms, these data can be expanded to more than 10,000 data points. As computer computing speeds continue to increase, while creating conditions for its development, it also makes AI algorithms more accurate and has richer application scenarios.

What can AI do and what can’t it do?

AI can replicate and automate decisions based on certain parameters input into the program, but it does not have the same creativity as humans. In the final analysis, it is just a program that can quickly and effectively match and classify data, and cannot create new data outside of the established data. This also determines that AI cannot do jobs that require imagination and creativity, because they cannot create data for themselves that does not exist in the system out of thin air.

This will lead to a problem. The work that is currently performed by humans, which is highly repetitive, lacks creativity, and is very mechanical, will most likely be replaced by AI in the future, which will cause many people in these positions to lose their jobs.

As for how to avoid this problem, perhaps constantly improving one's own creativity and participating in more intelligent work is a good solution. After all, the human brain cannot be replaced by AI, and creativity is the most valuable thing in this era.

Translated from: Anna Powers Contribution: https://www.forbes.com/sites/annapowers/2017/12/31/the-most-important-skill-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence-ai/