SPEECH
Back in the day, basketball was played with baskets. Sportsmen
would throw the ball into it, and then a person would climb up by a
ladder to take the ball out. One of them said to cut the bottom of
the basket, and because of this idea, basketball became much
more competitive. Everyone loved the idea, except for one
person; the one who climbed the ladder, because he/she claims
that people like them will lose their jobs.
Respected chief guests, judges and my fellow audience,
This is the perfect example of the contributions made by artificial
intelligence in our era, and the different perceptions we have
made about it.
The need of AI has drastically grown in the recent years, Because
of the importance it has given us in every field of life. Look at
healthcare, where we can have early diagnosis of cancer, and
can easily organize information. Look at education, where it
customizes lessons according to our needs, and aids teachers
with automatic grading system. Look at entertainment, where
algorithms are used to personalize content based on our
interests, just like when our younger siblings watch baby shark,
and now we are recommended videos related to it. From weather
forecast, to robotics, such as Sofia, a humanoid, and from Virtual
assistants, like Siri and Alexa, to navigation, like in GPS, we see
AI everywhere. No matter how much we hate it, we still,
unwillingly, use artificial intelligence. Even when we use search
engines to browse the internet, it is present.
Person to person, place to place, department to department, and
business to business, jobs may be at threat. But along with the
wiping of those positions, there will be new job opportunities. For
example, taxi drivers can be replaced with self-driving cars.
However, the same drivers can be trained to supervise or
manufacture such cars. Same has been witnessed a few decades
ago, in the case of steam engines.
We cannot deny the significance of ChatGPT, which has improved
natural language understanding, faster response times, and the
ability to generate more natural-sounding conversations.
Yes, AI can be dangerous, might be disastrous. But only when it is
in the wrong hands. If this is the case, knives can be dangerous,
might be disastrous. Guns can be dangerous, might be
disastrous. Nuclear weapons can be dangerous, might be
disastrous. But only when those are in the wrong hands. As small
as a needle, or as big as a ship, it can be harmful to us, if they are
with the wrong person. Every rose has its thorns. But, if we
remove those thorns, we can use it for our own advantage.
Definitely, change can be uncomfortable, and uncertainty can
bother us. Even during the time, when the first iPhone was made
by apple, cell phone companies were given a hard time. But, now,
this change has become our daily routine, and in the same way, it
will also benefit us and become a part of our life.
If us, humans, will welcome this amazing change, and join hands
with AI to co-exist in peace and harmony, then it will transform our
lives in unpredictable ways, in ways we’ve never even thought of.
Our imaginations will not be an imagination anymore, our
fantasies will not be a fantasy anymore, our fictions will not be a
fiction anymore, and our desires will not be a desire anymore.
Because now, it will become a reality.
THANK YOU.