AI’s proponents say it has the potential to vastly augment and scale human capabilities, giving almost everyone access to unparalleled knowledge, personalized technologies and enhanced decision-making powers.
The venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has argued that “what AI offers us is the opportunity to profoundly augment human intelligence to make all of these outcomes of intelligence – and many others, from the creation of new medicines to ways to solve climate change to technologies to reach the stars – much, much better from here.”
In medicine, AI could potentially analyze medical images like X-rays, MRIs and CT scans to assist doctors in identifying potential abnormalities, improving the accuracy and speed of diagnosis, or greatly accelerate the discovery of new life-saving drugs. In agriculture, AI-driven systems may be able to analyze satellite imagery and sensor data to monitor crop health, predict crop disease outbreaks, and optimize irrigation, leading to better crop yields, reducing malnutrition and starvation rates around the world. In education, children could have personalized AI tutors that evolve and adapt to their learning needs and challenges throughout their childhood and beyond.