Chapter 19
Ten Substantial Contributions of AI to Society
IN THIS CHAPTER
Working with humans
Solving industrial problems
Developing new technologies
Performing tasks in space
This book helps you understand the history of AI, where it is today, and where it could go tomorrow. However, a technology is useful only as long as it makes some sort of substantial contribution to society. Moreover, the contribution must come with a strong financial incentive, or investors won’t contribute to it. Although the government may contribute to a technology that it sees as useful for military or other purposes for a short time, long-term technological health relies on investor support. Consequently, this chapter focuses on AI components that are useful today, meaning that they’re making a substantial contribution to society right now.
Some people say that the overpromising of AI benefits today could cause another AI winter tomorrow (see “AI winter is coming?” at AI Futures.org). In addition, the ...
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