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Artificial Intelligence has made our lives easier and more comfortable. It can perform tasks instantly with just a command. Whether in a restaurant or an office, Artificial Intelligence is used everywhere according to specific needs. We can accomplish anything with the help of artificial intelligence. It is faster than human resources. It reduces the stress of work in our day-to-day lives. From home to space, artificial intelligence can be used everywhere.
It is an advanced technology that meets the needs and lifestyles of the new generation. In today's busy lifestyle, artificial intelligence is an excellent option that plays an important role in human life. It saves time, provides unbiased decisions, and ensures error-free work.
It has brought a new era in the field of advanced technology.
This technology can take various forms, from human-like faces to machines. It can be utilized in different spaces, including bedrooms, bathrooms, and offices, all without error. From Earth to space, and from cars to rockets, artificial intelligence can be utilized everywhere. Artificial Intelligence is beneficial in our daily lives; however, when we consider its ethical implications, they can be more dangerous than anything else.
Artificial Intelligence is an advanced technology that aims to make everyday life easier for humans. However, if it becomes self-aware and begins to behave like a human, it could lead to significant challenges in the future.
If machines start to feel emotions like humans, can correct their own thoughts, and make decisions without human intervention, they may refuse to follow human commands. This could create disastrous circumstances, leading to situations that are difficult for humans to manage. There are other factors related to the ethical implications of Artificial Intelligence which are discussed below:-
With the introduction of artificial intelligence, the number of employment opportunities is expected to decrease.
This is because many tasks can be completed more efficiently using AI, reducing the need for a large workforce. Artificial intelligence can perform various jobs quickly, whereas humans typically take much longer to complete the same tasks.
Some argue that artificial intelligence (AI) will create new jobs for people, but the reality is quite the opposite. The introduction of Artificial Intelligence in the workplace often leads to a reduction in jobs, and many employees may struggle to adapt to these changes quickly.
Workers who lack new skills or have low skills cannot find job opportunities in the market. As a result, they may lose their jobs, leading to increased poverty in society.
Artificial intelligence may significantly impact job opportunities for individuals who have migrated from rural areas to cities in search of work. If they are unable to secure suitable employment in urban areas, they may be forced to return to their rural origins, as surviving long-term in cities can be challenging without a stable job. In this way, machines could ultimately reduce overall employment opportunities.
Privacy may diminish in society with the rise of artificial intelligence. AI has risked individuals' privacy, as it no longer adequately protects personal data. Information such as Adhaar card numbers, PAN card numbers, and bank-linked mobile numbers can be exposed by advertising companies and even sold to other businesses for profit.
This has increased spam calls, fraudulent messages, and emails.
Many individuals find themselves facing financial fraud and scams without their knowledge. As Artificial intelligence advances, people may struggle to protect their personal data fully. This situation raises significant concerns about privacy in a world increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence.
Recently, many production companies have started monitoring people's behavior based on their search history across various platforms, such as Google, Amazon, and Flipkart. They attempt to collect data for future use. Marketing agencies gather this individual data to promote products, often pressuring consumers to make purchases.
In the healthcare sector, the ethical implications of artificial intelligence are significant. AI is widely used in hospitals for diagnosis, treatment recommendations, and patient care. Even surgery of human bodies can be done by Artificial Intelligence which may create problems in the future. Organ transplants are also possible with the help of artificial intelligence which when occurs frequently then there is a chance of arising conflict in society as people may lose faith in medical treatment as it is a completely unethical act because leaving a big decision to machine can harm people’s faith and belief about medical science and may directly impact on ethical values of the people.
Accountability is a concern in Artificial intelligence as it is a machine and works on command then accountability for every work is important if any mistake occurred by it in future.
Whereas in human resources accountability can be demanded easily if any error or mistake is committed by him.
But in the case of Artificial Intelligence, we cannot expect accountability as it completely works on the program set by the creator on it, so accountability is important in the workplace or if Artificial intelligence does any major work, we cannot demand accountability properly from a machine as it is a human-made machine and it works on the basis of program set on it.
It can be difficult to find transparency in artificial intelligence as it is a machine only, not a human being. So how can we demand transparency from a machine if anything goes wrong in the future? Transparency is important to avoid any mistake or disaster-like situation. But it is completely impossible to expect transparency from a human-made machine like Artificial intelligence as it is a machine only, not other than that.
Without transparency, it is not possible to survive in today's world.
Proper regulation is required in every field; otherwise, the complete system won't work efficiently. In the case of artificial Intelligence, we may be unable to regulate it in the future because it may work itself without human knowledge and can create problems in society and the world. A proper balance between human beings and Artificial intelligence is important to avoid disaster-like situations in future.
So, in lack of Regulation Artificial Intelligence can bring many unforeseen disasters to the world.
When any decisions are made by Artificial intelligence, they can impact moral reasoning. In case of taking any decision, in our day-to-day lives, we face many problems, but finally, we reach a destination of the final decision where we feel satisfied and secure, when we come to Artificial intelligence, making decisions may impact human reasoning abilities and efficiencies. So, it is a threat to moral reasoning as a human may lose importance in the office, home, meetings, conferences and in other places where human beings were making decisions based on their intuition and critical thinking are lost forever and it is the biggest question in today's world and growing society that is it right to give a throne of decision to a machine from human beings’ empire? And at the end of the day, the machine will capture human beings and can use them as puppets. So, it is better to take the control of machine before it is too late.
Artificial Intelligence may create a socioeconomic impact in society like gender inequality, income inequality, job losses by youths, unemployment in the industrial sector, agricultural sector, etc. as Artificial intelligence may reduce the job opportunities of youngsters and which will further create unemployment.
As Artificial intelligence can do multiple works itself alone in a very short period of time, there is a minimum requirement of human beings in the workplace and if the minimum human requirement occurs in the workplace such as industries, offices, organisations,then no one will appoint women in the workplace as, Artificial intelligence has already reduced the need of human worker in the worker, then women will remain unemployed too and they may have to stay inside their hoses and in these ways, gender inequality will increase in the society
When women will stay at home and won't go to the workplace due to a lack of jobs in the market such as industries, organizations, factories, offices, construction sites, etc, then income inequality will rise in society because due to fewer human needs in the workplace, only men will be allowed to work and in these ways, women workers may lose their income earning possibilities due to Artificial intelligence’s intervention in the workplace.
Being a machine and previously programmable, it can work alone without anyone’s help. Recently, two robots have been introduced in news channels to read news on television, these are Artificial intelligence and they look completely like human beings.
So, they reduced the human presence and made them unavailable in the workplace. Artificial intelligence is also used in the form of a robot in many restaurants of the world to serve food to its customers.
Due to its faster actions, everyone prefers artificial intelligence over human resources. This incident is a threat to human beings in the workplace and every field in society, the work opportunity is grasping by Artificial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence is a machine and it cannot differentiate the values and hiders the importance of ethical importance in the workplace .so, it is the biggest threat to ethical implementation by Artificial intelligence as it is a machine and may treat people rudely without thinking about their emotions and feelings. It knows only work as it is a machine its main purpose is to accomplish its target and it is not possible for a machine to give importance to people’s thoughts and feelings.
So, it lacks emotional intelligence for human beings as it is the feelings of man.
So, Artificial intelligence does not focus on ethical values and can behave as it wants with anybody it wants and anywhere it goes.
So, ethical value is absent in Artificial Intelligence and it can disappoint anyone.
Currently, many industries and other organizations are taking the help of artificial intelligence in robot forms which is good for now and at a certain point but giving them complete authority may hinder the importance of human beings in society and it has become a biggest concern for our ethical values and has forced us to think twice while using artificial Intelligence everywhere and depriving the rights of human beings in the society as they also a part of society, so they are also given importance.
We should note here that the creator of Artificial Intelligence is also a human being, and we should give proper opportunity to human beings, and the use of Artificial intelligence, which may hinder ethical values, should be limited.