AI (Artificial intelligence) has taken over the world by storm in the present era. The main idea of is the use of a set of technology that enables the computer to perform several functions that humans can simply not. Be it performing multiple tasks at once, performing tasks that are completely impossible for humans to even comprehend or their availability 24/7, AI knows no bounds when it comes to these advantages. Now as you probably know that everything has its bad sides so it all boils down to one thing; is AI actually as perfect as it seems? The answer is no. It has equally as much disadvantages as its advantages. Through this article, you will be let in on some pros and cons of AI that you should be aware of.

Pros of AI

Availability 24/7

One of the key benefits of AI is that it is available no matter what time of the day. It is able to make several decision, perform multiple tasks be it small or big, and able to communicate with humans effectively all throughout the day without much hassle. It will not get tired or worn out unlike humans who get easily tired.

Safety and security

AI is extremely safe and reliable, provides people with the best security possible. It prevents third party attacks on the system and keeps the data encrypted and safe. It can also protect system from viruses and malwares.

Cost effective

AI can be cost effective due to its ability to multitask. This makes it extremely fruitful for companies and organizations as it can deal with multiple customers at the same time at any time of the day reducing the need for humans to perform this job. Not only this, AI can also offer things like free healthcare, easily help companies to promote themselves through several means and makes work more convenient.

Healthcare

AI nowadays plays a huge role in healthcare as it has the technology to efficiently treat patients. It can help with everything from diagnosis to treatment, finds the right medicine for the cure and much more. AI can easily provide diagnoses, identify the problem/disease, provide the best treatment possible, and reduce the cost of the of the whole navigating and treatment process.

Perfection/precision

AI performs tasks in a completely fool proof way, making it reliable to perform tasks that require accuracy. There are many work fields where precise and accurate work is required be it architecture in which models have to be made with complete accuracy or be it healthcare in which AI performs full procedures from diagnosis to treatment is required.

Convenient

AI is convenient not only for big tasks but also for small everyday tasks too. People can easily command it to perform their daily life tasks, be it for professional, academic, or for entertainment purposes. For academic purpose, students use it to make presentations, solve mathematical problems, search for general information according to the subject and make assignments. When it comes to professional use almost every professional work field uses AI to perform several tasks. For entertainment purposes, people can search their favorite songs or movies and AI will recommend those in no time.

Search engines

AI offers several search engines like Meta AI, bingo, Siri, Bixby and google assistant that are specifically developed for human interaction. These search engines follow peoples commands while simultaneously engaging in conversations with them be it through text or voice.

Cons

False information/ videos

Although the advancement of AI in the current era is extremely useful, it can also be dangerous on a big level. AI nowadays can be used to easily spread misinformation, create fake videos showing fake scenarios by and impersonate people through deep fakes (a technology in which they merge an individual’s face over someone else’s body). AI can also create misleading articles or posts at it does only what it is told to most of the time.

Costly

Although AI offers cost effective benefits, AI itself is quite costly due to the investment and its development process. Developing it can be quite expensive due to the components like hardware, resources and the data structure that is needed to build it. Overall functioning of the AI also costs a lot.

Lack of emotions

Although AI can function tirelessly unlike humans, it does not have even an ounce of emotions instilled in it. In other words, AI only functions based on factual information or logic, which is why it falls behind when it comes to this topic as it lacks emotion intelligence and empathy that humans require the most. It cannot understand human emotions therefore does not provide the empathy and understanding that people need.

Job displacement

The advancement of AI may be beneficial but it has also become very disadvantageous to many people in the work fields where AI is required, as it has replaced many jobs where human work is required. Due to its ability to work tirelessly and accurately many professional work fields, require AI but all this has done more harm than good as many people have lost their jobs/ sources of earning making them unable to make ends meet.

Dependency on given data/instruction

One of the major disadvantages of AI is its complete dependency on data, which means that inaccurate or incomplete data can lead to AI giving harmful results. As said before AI functions based on logic making it only comprehend logical reasoning that is instilled in it, which can lead to bad outcomes.

Lack of security

Even though AI provides security, it is also extremely vulnerable to malicious attacks. Hackers who can hack into the system impersonating and tricking the whole system altogether making it extremely unsecure easily manipulate it.

In conclusion

AI has taken over the world be it in terms of entertainment, professional work fields, or academically, AI is used by everyone. Its logical reasoning and availability has completely transformed the fields that use it efficiently but its integration in our society is still not completely safe. Everything in this world has its both good and bad sides and so does AI, which means that it also has several potential risks that can lead to dangerous outcomes. Although AI has enhanced several workforces, it still has a long way to go until it is perfected in every aspect. However, all of this boils down to one thing? How will AI change the world? For the better or for the worst? It all depends on one thing that is how we choose to use it. Choosing it for good causes that can change the world for the better is the only way that AI will ever be useful for us.