Yogyakarta, 26 June 2019—In the field of technology, artificial intelligence (AI) has brought tremendous positive impacts to our daily lives. Three researchers from the Center for Digital Society (CfDS) covered this issue on the 13th session of the Digital Future Discussion (Difussion), entitled “How Intelligent is Artificial Intelligence?” on Wednesday at Warunk Upnormal Gejayan.
According to Theodore Great, AI is useful in the health sector, as it can collect medical records and create conclusions from them. In the future, it’s expected that AI can help doctors to diagnose diseases. In music, AI can also create artificial singers, such as the Instagram star Miquela Sousa. “However, AI still cannot match human musicians, as it cannot replicate human social life,” Great conveyed. AI’s algorithms can easily decipher our music preferences and hobbies by analysing our behaviours on the internet and on social media.
Afterwards, Janitra Haryanto focused on the role of AI in politics. Today, AI can be used to handle political contents, managing campaigns and administering the flow of information, as well as testing a political figure’s integrity. In fact, a robot politician can represent the Prime Minister in New Zealand. The public claimed that robots can receive and manifest their aspirations better.
Meanwhile, Anisa Pratita Mantovani covered the role of AI in law. She explained that in Singapore, robots can replace traditional human judges in order to avoid emotional biases. Through arranged algorithms, robot judges can formulate fair decisions. “Unlike humans, robots are free from emotional influences, hence making them more objective and just”, Tita stated.
AI is indeed useful and has made life relatively easier for us. However, the use of AI requires a strict set of control and regulations. This is essential in order to make AI as effective as possible, while minimizing its negative impacts at the same time.
According to Theodore Great, AI is useful in the health sector, as it can collect medical records and create conclusions from them. In the future, it’s expected that AI can help doctors to diagnose diseases. In music, AI can also create artificial singers, such as the Instagram star Miquela Sousa. “However, AI still cannot match human musicians, as it cannot replicate human social life,” Great conveyed. AI’s algorithms can easily decipher our music preferences and hobbies by analysing our behaviours on the internet and on social media.
Afterwards, Janitra Haryanto focused on the role of AI in politics. Today, AI can be used to handle political contents, managing campaigns and administering the flow of information, as well as testing a political figure’s integrity. In fact, a robot politician can represent the Prime Minister in New Zealand. The public claimed that robots can receive and manifest their aspirations better.
Meanwhile, Anisa Pratita Mantovani covered the role of AI in law. She explained that in Singapore, robots can replace traditional human judges in order to avoid emotional biases. Through arranged algorithms, robot judges can formulate fair decisions. “Unlike humans, robots are free from emotional influences, hence making them more objective and just”, Tita stated.
AI is indeed useful and has made life relatively easier for us. However, the use of AI requires a strict set of control and regulations. This is essential in order to make AI as effective as possible, while minimizing its negative impacts at the same time.
