The Advantages and Disadvantages of Artificial Intelligence Secrets Revealed
By: Jimmy Clare
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, AI, Internet of Things, Technology

Artificial Intelligence can be very useful in everyday life. However, I want to discuss in this article the advantages and disadvantages of artificial intelligence. Plus I will provide some amazing examples of how AI still needs to improve.

What is Artificial Intelligence with Examples?

According to The Merriam Webster Dictionary, Artificial Intelligence is “the capability of a machine to imitate intelligent human behavior.”

Some examples of AI are:

Facebook

Google

YouTube

Of course, there are more companies that use AI than Facebook, Google, And YouTube. Just so I don’t overwhelm you with a long list I am going to stick with these three companies.

What are the Advantages of AI in Daily Life

So I have to admit that I use Google, Facebook, and YouTube every single day. I also have a Google Home Mini in my room that I love to argue with on a daily basis. No, I am not crazy but I love to argue with Google!

But of course, there are more advantages to AI than arguing with it. Some of the advantages of AI are:

It can help you pull up information from Google right away after asking it a question.

AI can help keep track of your daily schedules.

AI can play some music for you from different music streaming services like Spotify, Pandora, etc.

It can also automate some tasks for companies and smaller businesses. Some tasks could include customer support.

AI can also help remind you to do things.

And the list can go on and on and on. Now let’s talk about the downsides of using AI.

What are the Disadvantages of using AI?

Technology is always improving every day but it’s far from perfect though. I can personally attest to that because I have seen my own eyes what goes on behind a website. Plus I also run my own website at CrazyFitnessGuy.

The downsides of using AI is:

AI is far from perfect.

AI can replace people’s jobs which is bad.

AI can learn a lot about you from using the web.

Using AI is not cheap.

What are the Risks of using AI?

While using AI can be helpful for a lot of big companies and smaller companies, there are also some risks that come with using AI. Some of these risks include:

Bad customer support.

AI can break if not handled with care.

There are security risks with using AI such as the information that it scans about each and every person.

How safe is that data and where is it being stored?

How is that company using the data that they are collecting?

Is there a way to delete that data?

Humans still need to be around in case AI breaks down.

What is My Opinion about AI?

AI can be very useful at times especially when you might be a small brand/business owner like me. Like I said it can be useful for big corporate companies as well. However, I have a love/hate relationship with AI.

I started to learn YouTube marketing for my brand. As of now I currently have 46 subscribers, which is a big improvement since I started on YouTube a few years ago. During my time on YouTube, I notice their AI can flag videos.

No, I do not post any explicit content on my channel. The first flag that I got was for a video with the word breast cancer in it. To give credit to YouTube AI I would have programmed AI to flag that and age restrict it until the owner of the video clarified that it does not show any sexual content in the video.

But apparently, their AI robot was not done yet with the flagging. The AI flagged 3 more of my videos and hid them behind an age-restricted wall. I am not sure the reasoning behind that. The other titles had podcasting tips and tricks, while the other title had a vegan lifestyle.

Of course, I finally got them appealed, but come on Google and YouTube that was so uncalled for. In my opinion, AI can be very stupid and that’s why we shouldn’t fully rely on Artificial Intelligence.

Then after that, Facebook decides to mute me and prevent me from posting in 3 of my Facebook groups that I am apart of. I admit that I post in my groups 7 days a week but it’s not like I post 500 comments or likes every day. Luckily for me, the turn around time for that was 15 minutes.

What are the Pros and Cons of AI?

Pros

Helps with everyday tasks

Can automate a lot of tedious tasks

Helps with customer support

Can increase sales

Cons

AI is not very smart

Can falsy report user content for no reason

It can also mute you for posting too much

People can lose their jobs to AI

AI can be expensive

Conclusion

What are your thoughts and opinions about AI? Do you think AI is dumb like I do? What do you think about these false reports and unexpected muting? We need to keep AI in place.

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