高级英语作文

Topic: Is AI a blessing or a curse?

Just too Passive to View AI as Curse!

[1**********] 朱雨昊

Since the AI-information era was originated, industries developing AI technology have been prospering everywhere, which is out of question: cars equipped with AI like the ones of Tesla are common to be seen, phones backed by AI like Siri are welcomed by every user, competition involving AI is sure to be the blockbuster of tomorrow’s newspaper.

However, doubts, suspicion and criticism come with development a wave after another. Hawking, one of the greatest scientists of the last century, said “Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn't compete, and would be superseded. ” Similarly, Elon Musk , the CEO of SpaceX corporation, said we will probably “summon the demon ” if there is no regulatory oversight. These words sounds reasonable though, I don’t see any point in viewing AI as such a catastrophe, or a curse of the century. Some of them may overlook the development of legislation, controllability of technology or other aspects, and I consider AI , just as the invention of computer and television , as simply a tool which can boost the modernization of society.

It is just too passive to shut it down! It will turn into a blessing some day! For the first part , AI itself has every reason to bring benefit to us human beings. Television used to be thought as “a monster with noise and light”, but it is almost out of date nowadays. And it is the turn of AI, whose powerful calculating ability and developing understanding of natural language are suitable for enhancing working efficiency and solving social problems. Google is now taking advantage of AI tech to make its search result more accurate and personalized, bringing lots of economic benefits till now. We have the confidence that AI can keep this shining point till future to produce more effectiveness for society.

More than AI itself , we cannot underestimate the art of control of legislation

and reaction from corporations and organizations. Safety is doubtless to have the first priority, which means we must keep AI’s goals aligned with ours. According to an article from Future of Life, three steps, that are “learn”, “adopt” and “retain”, can make this happen. Moreover, if AI does “go bad” , laws on AI a nd social organizations will have been formed at that time to calm people down from using “weapons” that may kill ourselves, just like the NNPT .(forNuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) Unprecedentedly, the US government is now trying to take a first step on laws, including AI behavior control and corporation standard.

Last but not least, the “occurrence schedule” of what is called “Superintelligence” is uncertain and beyond estimating. It sounds really plain and unconvincing to say “ a human mind cannot keep up with an artificial intelligence machine by 2035. ”(Gray Scott ) A common myth among public is that “ It will be really fast when developing AI technology.” Actually, even AI experts are not able to bet on the “schedule”, however fast the development is. There’s no need to worry or be passive!

To draw a conclusion, AI’s outstanding traits are blessing us, the control ability of human beings gives us confidence to hold the future, and the uncertainty shelters our near future. If we sticks to commenting “curse” on AI tech, it would be a result of passive thinking , a kind of disrespect and distrust of all AI engineers, companies, and even human beings. Blessing is the truth behind so many sophisticated figures and programs.

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