YD's Diary #7 Dear AI, You are most welcome.

Dear AI, You are most welcome. 

Subtitle : Computer-Internet-SmartPhone and next is AI

With the advent of ChatGPT, AI has entered my life. Just like me, my surroundings, and the academic world, there are various evaluations and predictions about AI.

“Is AI so great that it will change our lives that much?”

When I hear feedback about AI from school or around me, I want to give a positive evaluation.

In conclusion, I think AI will bring changes to our lives as significant as, or even greater than, computers, the internet, and smartphones.

AI refers to the advent of computers, the Internet, and smartphones, and I think we should predict their results by asking questions similar to the following.

  • How much has our productivity changed since computers were introduced into our lives?
  • How many new products have emerged since the internet was introduced into our lives?  
     (important point is started from 03:00)
  • How much have smartphones changed our lives?

In South Korea, there is a famous story about smartphones involving LG Electronics and a consulting firm. LG Electronics requested consulting on smartphones following the advent of the iPhone, and the consulting firm pessimistically predicted the future of smartphones and suggested investing in existing phones. Looking back at BlackBerry, Nokia N95, and Samsung’s Omnia, the advent of the iPhone might not have seemed like such a significant threat. In hindsight, it was the worst suggestion, but I don’t think the consulting firm is solely to blame. I think that it is not only consulting firm's responsibility, LG Electronics, which provided the data, explained the technology, and made the final decision, also bears responsibility.

At that time, I was using a Nokia N95, and I also didn’t feel threatened by the iPhone, considering it a type of smartphone. When I came to Korea, I bought an Omnia and was satisfied, excellent Korea. Although I had experienced touch through iPod, the software provided through manufacturer-made icons seemed sufficient for a bright future, and the exorbitant mobile internet costs made it unimaginable to use large amounts of data.

Based on people’s self-definitions and expectations of words, naming something a smartphone made many intelligent people focus on the word “smart.” Seeing early-stage devices that were not smart at all, they might have denied the potential and future of the iPhone because it didn’t meet their standards of smartness. Through open source, developers worldwide created programs and formed markets, the internet became cheaper, and the comfort of iPhone-style touch was not perceived as a significant difference compared to the fatigue of the resistivity touch method provided by Omnia.

A similar pattern is felt among those who view today’s AI pessimistically. They think about the capabilities of future AI and feel many limitations in reaching that level, dismissing AI as insignificant, much like the early reactions to the iPhone. Instead of focusing on the term “artificial intelligence,” let’s focus on the technology currently shown under the name AI.

When ML, AI, and ontology enter our lives, it will initially provide a way to achieve results that humans couldn’t previously accomplish. AI pessimists may devalue it because they believe humans must do something(meaning they have their own AI something), but I disagree. Even the results shown in this first stage can significantly advance humanity. Just by seeing previously unseen statistics, relationships, and predictions, humans can make decisions and think in ways they hadn’t before. This means that existing companies can increase productivity and quality, and those that were an inch short of technological success can now produce successful products.

If we draw legs on a snake (a Korean idiom meaning unnecessary parts), combining cameras, ML, AI, and quantum computers, humanity may need to prepare to avoid extinction by AI rather than worrying about the climate crisis.


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