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Software Engineering is only one of the fields that will be revolutionized by this technology, and to agree with the article at least in one point, regulation w

Software Engineering is only one of the fields that will be revolutionized by this technology, and to agree with the article at least in one point, regulation will be the major inhibitor to how far it goes. The two big problems for our current AIs is a) copyright of training data and b) liability when adhering to the output. In the case of self-driving for example, having cameras that film everything around the car can be a problem if handled incorrectly, there are some countries where it might be outright illegal (eg. Germany). There will also be huge legal battles on liability when things go wrong. But speaking of legal; law is one of the industries outside of SWE that might see the biggest shift. The stakes here are also high, sometimes possibly as high as with decisions made by driving AIs, but for a lot of people getting free or very cheap legal advice will be an incredible blessing. Law firms might be able to cut out most non-partners if "legal assistant AIs" get sophisticated. The chances for medicine are what excites me the most. Already, most doctors google a lot. (Personalized) Medicine is simply a field too complex for a human to fully encompass, and AI has the potential to sift through all the literature, and all the available medical data, to find possible relations in symptoms. And, again, free medical advice (even if dubious) would be a blessing for the billions of people without access to healthcare. > AI is going to change humanity in dramatic ways. I just hope that in the process, someone builds an AI that figures out a path out of international conflict, through global food and water safety issues, and speeds up our ability to restore the planet's health so humanity can survive. I agree with this, although I'm deeply scared of an AI that capable. Increasingly, I'm agreeing with the hawks who believe AI is one of the biggest existential threats of the ongoing century.

vishal0123 4y ago
> regulation will be the major inhibitor to how far it goes. This likely won't be true if China also has the technology. Regulation would give serious disadvantage to western countries while China keep improving their AI without giving two fucks about copyright of western content. The choice will be either to let China take all the software engineering, writing, creative etc. jobs, or to deregulate to not cripple the country.
- svaha1728 4y ago
  China has a huge and restless population, and their economy at this point isn’t designed around outsourcing. I see them using AI in an authoritative way, but they wont be rushing to replace people with the zeal that Silicon Valley has.

vishal0123 4y ago

> regulation will be the major inhibitor to how far it goes. This likely won't be true if China also has the technology. Regulation would give serious disadvantage to western countries while China keep improving their AI without giving two fucks about copyright of western content. The choice will be either to let China take all the software engineering, writing, creative etc. jobs, or to deregulate to not cripple the country.

svaha1728 4y ago
China has a huge and restless population, and their economy at this point isn’t designed around outsourcing. I see them using AI in an authoritative way, but they wont be rushing to replace people with the zeal that Silicon Valley has.