In the next decade, the United States will use increasingly capable artificial intelligence (AI) to greatly reduce the cost of health care, accelerate research and development into new medicines, improve cars and roads to reduce gridlock, and even regain much of the manufacturing base we lost to countries like China, say researchers in computer science, robotics, and management. They claim that AI will soon change the work of doctors, nurses and teachers across the country, create entirely new businesses, and radically remake industries already in existence.
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Posted by
DutchCon on 02/04 at 06:07 AM
Interesting article, but I don’t get your take on ‘will ai be AMERICA’s next big thing’.
Most, if not all developments in your article are happening all over the globe: Japan, South Korea, China, Europe. In this day and age technology knows few borders, markets are everywhere.
I agree AI will have a huge impact coming decades, but is will be the WORLD’s next big thing (Yes, I am including developing countries. A medical AI connected to scores of cheap smart phones can change health care in Africa, Asia, you name it.).
Posted by
Kelly Balthrop on 04/03 at 08:45 PM
I think it’s fair to say it will be Americas next big thing. It will also have a global impact, but that does not dilute the message. While I am pro technology, I am less optimistic about the social impact that technology, especially AI and robotics will create. When a $5,000 robot can perform universal tasks, it is just a blink of the eye before they give it legs or wheels and sell it to Wal-Mart to stock shelves. With Pure software AI like future versions of Siri, almost all secretarial, administrative and call center jobs will be on the block. When we started bleeding manufacturing jobs, we had a growing service industry to take up the slack.
When we start bleeding the rest of the manufacturing jobs plus all the service jobs, not to mention even white collar jobs, there will be no place for the unemployed to go. Even the Chinese will replace their workers as Foxconn announced the purchase 3 million robots to replace their 1.2 million employees. My point is the economy can’t handle the strain. Passing the savings down with lower prices will help, but when you are unemployed even cheap becomes expensive. We need an alternative to a monetary economy, such as a Resource Based Economy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KphWsnhZ4Ag
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