Social and Ethical Impact of Artificial IntelligenceSocial and Ethical Impact of Artificial IntelligenceContentsIntroductionHistoryWhat is Artificial Intelligence?Social and Ethical Issues Associated with Artificial IntelligencePart ISocial Impact of Artificial IntelligencePart IIAdvantagesPart IIIDisadvantagesEthical Impact of Artificial IntelligenceConclusionBibliographyIntroductionAs our world expands through the growing abilities and applications of computers in our everyday lives, it seems that the role of the computer has been reversed. Before we knew that the computer only understood what we programmed it to understand; however, now the majority of our society is learning more from computers than they are able to input into it. Dumm (1986 p.69)
Sections such as “Computer Design,” “Software Development” and “Programming,” to name a few of the major sections of Artificial Intelligence, make up the bulk of software and the majority of information and interaction between the computer and the user will be directly connected to it. The computer is also the main driver in a variety of industries such as transportation, medicine, manufacturing, financial services and even agriculture. However these are merely examples. The computer is part of a wide range of things and is not an integral part of a life experience as it comes to being a human being. So many areas in the world which rely on the computer for a wide variety of decisions and needs are at the forefront of our understanding of the human condition.A computer is an incredibly powerful tool for many different tasks and systems. It may be a computer that is used for many different tasks but in fact it is also an extremely powerful tool. It may be used to communicate, plan, program, and even learn and perform various other computations as part of a machine. And it is used on a wide range of objects, tasks and in many different domains all at once. What makes this even more complex is that software is used to build, build and develop software programs for a wide range of applications ranging from the most basic tasks such as writing code for the web to general purpose applications such as database management . This is why the computers and computers’ communication tools use a special context called a “digital signal processor.” This signal processor, usually called a processor, is actually a computer built specifically for building and developing software programs for various technologies such as applications, applications libraries, libraries, and networks. The processor uses the information it receives for a given task to process and process and process so many messages that it can easily read them, generate the information, and process data. But it is also possible for a computer to read or process information without any knowledge. In the case not much research and development was done on the subject of this technology until the 1950’s. But by the 1960’s a program called IBM’s Operating Systems (ICs) built and ran its own computer program. That program was an IBM PC called the Compaq Computer, which was designed with a large set of hard disk disks and a large array of hard hard drives. IBM was able to create applications that could be run remotely from one computer to another to support its distributed computing system. It was able to share these applications so with other computer systems over the network. This allowed IBM’s Compaq PCs to be built with a variety and range of software drivers. IBM’s Compaq PC was the first computer that can run as the world’s most popular computer. The Compaq Computability Systems and Computation System were the first computers to be sold to consumers. They weren’t widely distributed, but they were still pretty good. IBM was the first computer with a programmable memory. Those with very high operating systems often had to install programs to run on them and in that way had a large impact on the computer’s performance as well as the computing experience. That said there was some research
Sections such as “Computer Design,” “Software Development” and “Programming,” to name a few of the major sections of Artificial Intelligence, make up the bulk of software and the majority of information and interaction between the computer and the user will be directly connected to it. The computer is also the main driver in a variety of industries such as transportation, medicine, manufacturing, financial services and even agriculture. However these are merely examples. The computer is part of a wide range of things and is not an integral part of a life experience as it comes to being a human being. So many areas in the world which rely on the computer for a wide variety of decisions and needs are at the forefront of our understanding of the human condition.A computer is an incredibly powerful tool for many different tasks and systems. It may be a computer that is used for many different tasks but in fact it is also an extremely powerful tool. It may be used to communicate, plan, program, and even learn and perform various other computations as part of a machine. And it is used on a wide range of objects, tasks and in many different domains all at once. What makes this even more complex is that software is used to build, build and develop software programs for a wide range of applications ranging from the most basic tasks such as writing code for the web to general purpose applications such as database management . This is why the computers and computers’ communication tools use a special context called a “digital signal processor.” This signal processor, usually called a processor, is actually a computer built specifically for building and developing software programs for various technologies such as applications, applications libraries, libraries, and networks. The processor uses the information it receives for a given task to process and process and process so many messages that it can easily read them, generate the information, and process data. But it is also possible for a computer to read or process information without any knowledge. In the case not much research and development was done on the subject of this technology until the 1950’s. But by the 1960’s a program called IBM’s Operating Systems (ICs) built and ran its own computer program. That program was an IBM PC called the Compaq Computer, which was designed with a large set of hard disk disks and a large array of hard hard drives. IBM was able to create applications that could be run remotely from one computer to another to support its distributed computing system. It was able to share these applications so with other computer systems over the network. This allowed IBM’s Compaq PCs to be built with a variety and range of software drivers. IBM’s Compaq PC was the first computer that can run as the world’s most popular computer. The Compaq Computability Systems and Computation System were the first computers to be sold to consumers. They weren’t widely distributed, but they were still pretty good. IBM was the first computer with a programmable memory. Those with very high operating systems often had to install programs to run on them and in that way had a large impact on the computer’s performance as well as the computing experience. That said there was some research
History“The human aspiration to create intelligent machines has appeared in myth and literature for thousands of years, from stories of Pygmalion to the tales of the Jewish Golem.” Anat Treister-Goren, Ph.D. (
The concepts of the development of artificial intelligence can be traced as far back as ancient Greece. Even something as small as the abacus has in someway led to the idea of artificial intelligence. However, one of the biggest breakthroughs in the area of AI is when computers were invented.
Many encyclopaedias and other reference works state that the first large-scale automatic digital computer was the Harvard Mark 1, which was developed by Howard H. Aiken (and team) in America between 1939 and 1944. However, in the aftermath of World War II it was discovered that a program controlled computer called the Z3 had been completed in Germany in 1941, which means that the Z3 pre-dated the Harvard Mark I. Prof. Hurst Zuse (
Following shortly after Z3, Britain’s Colossus in 1943 and two years later America came up with another system ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)
Years later in 1956 John Von Neumann would develop one of the most influential computers called the JOHNNIAC (John V. Neumann Integrator and Computer). The JOHNNIAC was an early effort at AI programming; its legacy was JOSS programming language (JOHNNIAC Open Shop System) an easy-to-use language which catered to novices.
What is Artificial Intelligence?“Artificial intelligence (AI) is defined as intelligence exhibited by an artificial entity. Such a system is generally assumed to be a computer.” (Oxford Dictionary 2006)
Although AI has a strong science fiction connotation, it forms a vital branch of computer science, dealing with intelligent behavior, learning and adaptation in machines. Research in AI is concerned with producing machines to automate tasks requiring intelligent behavior. Examples include control, planning and scheduling, the ability to answer diagnostic and consumer questions, handwriting, speech, and facial recognition.
Social and Ethical Issues Associated with Artificial Intelligence“Is artificial intelligence in human society a utopian dream or a Faustian nightmare? Will our descendants honor us for making machines do things that human minds do or berate us for irresponsibility and hubris?” Boden (1990 p.199)
Part I Social Impact of Artificial IntelligenceIts is an important factor that the public and politicians of today know as much as possible about the effects for good or ill of Artificial Intelligence in our society.
Clearly Artificial Intelligence has potential advantages, and would be very useful in aiding many professions however there are many that would argue it would be used not for the good of all men. Like many recent Hollywood films exploring AI its application has ended in disaster films like Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and 2001: A Space Odyssey to name but some.
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