Will AI do more good or more harm to our world?
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AI, which stands for Artificial Intelligence, is technology that can learn, argue and act like a human normally would. Mark Zuckerberg says, "Generative AI is the key to solving some of the world's biggest problem, such as climate change, poverty, and disease. It has the potential to make the world a better place for everyone." I disagree with this because AI is is destroying our planet, taking over our lives and stealing our jobs. I think AI is very useful for many people however, it produces thousands of tonnes of waste and is damaging our environment. Due to AI gaining more and more information, it could possibly generate a solution to the effect of Climate Change.
The first example that supports my opinion is that data centres are large consumers of water and electricity. Around the world, AI could generate up to 5 million tonnes of electronic waste between 2020 and 2030. It also uses 27 litres of water for one person to send an email every day for a week. It causes harm to many innocent lives and countries. It is burning through electricity and many other resources which will run out if we are not careful.
The second example that supports my opinion is that everyone is acting like AI is the best thing in the world and it can make life easier but AI requires an insane amount of work and power. It cannot guarantee exact outcomes and is not reliable. If it made a mistake, it would disrupt many businesses or schools (hospitals or science labs might get incorrect information and children in schools might get research wrong for schoolwork).
The third example is that AI is already replacing workers in many industries. It is capeable of so much and I believe that one day, it would be powerful enough to take over our world. AI is seen as better than regular employes because it does not need breaks or salaries. This is true but we need jobs for money and we need money to live. AI is putting people on the streets and causing poverty. Imagine your life being taken over by a robot.
Another point is that no one knows if AI is safe. People have found out that AI could be dangerous and that there are infinite safety and security issues. This is not the only safety issue, it also pollutes our oxygen. Ninety-two percent of the world's people are already breathing in polluted air. Imagine how much worse it could get. It is causing a severe impact on our environment and things NEED to change!
Did you know that fourty-two percent of people use AI day to day? This drains device lifespans creating even more waste. Surely you can see that AI is ruining our beautiful planet and turning it into a rubbish dump. Crutial actions need to be made to save the Earth for future generations to enjoy. We have survived without AI for centuries so why can't we now? We need to at least reduce the useage.
One person who disagrees with my opinion is constructive_planet because they think, "AI is very important in our daily lives, and we need it to do many things such as to make researches and it also helps our work to be done easier and faster." However, I think my opinion is stronger because AI is useful but we need to think about the problems it is creating and the resources it is wastting.
It is undeniable that whilst AI brings certain benefits, it is hurting our world and destroying lives. Therefore I belive we should do whatever it takes to reduce everyday useage and cut down on the waste AI is creating.
In conclusion, I believe AI is destroying our planet and we need to make a difference!
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In as much as AI has its negative aspects and could be hurting our world, I still hold on to my opinion that AI is very important in our daily lives. Virtually everything that has an advantage, also comes with its disadvantages when it's not properly handled, and AI is not an exception. Its importance cuts across every aspect of our human activities, which includes the medical. agricultural, educational field amongst others. The coming of AI has made it possible for people to carry out most of their activities with ease, accuracy and within the shortest time frame. I agree that AI could replace human intelligence, take away their creative abilities, bring about laziness and eventually replace humans at their places of work, but this is when "Proper orientation and Sensitization" on proper use of AI should come in, to teach people how to use AI effectively.
I agree that AI has got a positive impact on our Earth but I believe that the negative impact is much bigger. AI does so much to our everyday lives and I’m not saying we should get rid of it completely; I just think we should try to reduce the usage and make a difference to our planet. We need to look after our planet or soon we will run out of resources and our lives will become totally different and incredibly challenging. Did you know that if the temperature of our Earth increases by another 1.5 degrees before it becomes irreversible. AI could help to increase the temperature and then there is no going back. If we don’t make a difference, our earth will be destroyed and the human life will be changed forever.
I'm not sure about this because...
In my view, humans are not helping themselves and are not pushing for potential progress what I mean is that humans should try to improve the planet and also continue their work with AI.
The reason why they should continue their work with AI is that, AI is beneficial to the planet as it can help us monitor people, places, do things that people can not do and also make our work easier and faster. Take for instance a single parent that is hardly around, AI would help monitor children and what their doing. AI can also help solve problems related to environmental issues.
Why I say we should help the planet is because... without natural resources we won't be able to progress in our AI work and we humans will not be able to do another thing, for example use our natural resources to build other things. Also AI is causing hundreds of problems for our ecosystem.
In conclusion AI has both good and bad aspects on the planet just as a lot of things have their advantages and disadvantages.
I agree because AI does have its advantages and most things have disadvantages as well but in my opinion, the disadvantages overrule the benefits because our planet is surely more important than making a couple of things easier for us. We are becoming lazy and destroying our planet. I completely get that AI is very useful and needed in many jobs but I believe we should have a good look at who uses it and what for so that we can find a solution and meet in the middle.