Artificial Intelligence By: Sonia, Lilah, Margaret

We have all heard about artificial intelligence through news and social media. It could be either the greatest discovery of humankind or technology could be slowly ruining our simple lives. Imagine someday in the future - you are walking around in the streets, and you do not know who is a robot or a real person. Recently, hyper-realistic AI robots have been invented. AI has been taken too far - the internet will become an unsafe place for people. "Fake influencers" are being created (for example, fake influencers such as "Miquela" and "Aitana Lopez.") These creators' appearances are created by artificial intelligence, but they have real voice actors to act out their voices.

One reason why AI is becoming a concern is because of the faces being created. Lots of AI faces are used for advertising, commercials, etc. This may not seem like a big deal but studies have shown that people find AI faces more trustworthy. Another problem with this is that AI can only realistically generate white people. These faces are making the internet an untrustworthy and unsafe place.

Second of all, AI is rapidly taking away jobs and destroying careers for many people. Jobs like lawyers, factory workers, some drivers, and even actors in some countries have been replaced by AI algorithms and such. This is putting numerous humans in very bad spots. Wouldn't it be awful to find out that your college degree, and years of working somewhere, were now worth nothing?

This is also scary because, even though countless companies are choosing it for this idea, AI is not perfect! It makes mistakes, sometimes larger ones that humans make. They can even fail to even understand what the job they are supposed to do is. Firstly, this is just not productive. Secondly, though, when AI makes a mistake, it is extremely embarrassing for the businesses that it is representing! Truly, the fact that so many organizations are risking using it so much is baffling.

Thirdly, AI is even impacting schools. Have you noticed that we are always on our computers? We seem to take them out every single class. Part of this is because AI makes it so easy for everyone to use their devices. This leaves opportunities for kids to play games. Every day, as soon as we sit down, most people take out their computers and play games. Even when the teachers tell them to put the Chromebooks away, kids keep them out and play games while the teacher is teaching.  Fortunately (or not?), some parts of the internet have been blocked by firewalls that use AI. Even though it can be helpful, it is appalling that AI is interfering with children's learning.

Picture of Famous AI Influencer Miquela: 

An interesting fact about Miquela is that even though AI helped create her, she was not a robot. A couple truly made Miquela of artists. She even had her voice actor! This makes sense, because she debuted in 2016, when AI was in a very early stage. She was more of an absurd way to make some money and less of an actual successful AI creation.

There are many controversial ideas about artificial intelligence. What will the impact be? Only time will tell.