Name: Cristhian Sanchez Course: Computer Ethics Semester: 2nd Semester Implications of Artificial Intelligence in the Transportation, Technology, and Media Industries Abstract: The purpose of this essay is to identify which and how specific job sectors can be disrupted and aided with the technology of artificial intelligence. My thesis is that jobs such as transportation, tech jobs, and media jobs have the potential to be disrupted by AI technology. Technology such as self-driving cars, chat gpt’s code, and article writing ability can potentially disrupt jobs in these industries. I believe this because self-driving AI which has already been proven to be utilized in the commercial market could be expanded into vital transportation such as trucking. Also, technology such as Chat GPT has already revolutionized how media employee writers perform their work because they can build a skeleton of the article and subsequently build off that AI-generated article. It is projected that by 2025, 63.6 percent of registered passenger cars worldwide should be partly assisted driving and steering, so this means that the future could look driverless and displace truck drivers. Chat GPT has the potential to interpret 95 languages and it is estimated $1860.9 million will be spent on AI by the media and entertainment industry. Although AI will disrupt these industries it will also create new job opportunities and automate time-consuming jobs. Artificial intelligence is the development of innovative software that completes outputs that require human input. Although recently artificial intelligence has been all the rave due to new software that generates writing content, abstract images, and even simulates the voices of celebrities which has resulted in the emergence of deep fakes, artificial intelligence has been around for a long time. Artificial intelligence has been studied starting in the twentieth century. In 1965, John McCarthy coined the term artificial intelligence and also held the first artificial intelligence conference (Kelley). John McCarthy and his peers began pioneering the artificial intelligence industry in Dartmouth College. John Mcarthy was a mathematics professor and he was fascinated with the potential uses of artificial intelligence McCarthy has been named the founder of artificial intelligence because he invented the LISP programming language in 1958 utilizing lambda calculus. He created timesharing which is a type of technology that allows multiple people to simultaneously have access to a particular computer system. Timesharing is what led to what we know today as cloud computing. Today, artificial intelligence has taken the internet by storm and has also caused concern in many. Elon Musk has warned the public about limiting the expansion of AI, and there have also been issues regarding videos such as deep fakes which are hyperrealistic videos where celebrities and people of influence such as politicians can be made to say misleading information, all while looking like the real thing. Furthermore, applications such as Chat GPT can now generate text, code, and solve mathematical problems. Applications such as Starryai can generate images when a user inputs text. Another application such as iMyFone can simulate the voice of current President Joe Biden. In eastern China, teachers have begun using artificial intelligence in the classroom by making students wear special headbands that can supposedly monitor the concentration levels of students and which also provide data to teachers and parents to estimate the duration that a student was not paying attention or daydreaming. It is apparent that the uses and implications of Artificial intelligence are expanding their reach into various aspects of human life, therefore it is worth studying how this technology will affect the job market. Jobs such as transportation, tech jobs, and media jobs have the potential to be both disrupted and aided by artificial intelligence technology. Transportation jobs such as trucking could soon become a thing of the past due to autonomous vehicles. Autonomous vehicles do not need to be driven by a driver, and this could lead to faster delivery times which could increase efficiency and reduce the time it takes to transport goods from point a to point b. It is projected that by 2025, 63.6 percent of registered passenger cars worldwide should be partly assisted driving and steering, so this means that the future could look driverless and displace truck drivers. Could this mean one day shipping that consumers have grown so accustomed to could get even faster? New technology such as self-driving mode that has already been seen in cars such as the Tesla could expand and be approved by the government for use. Although many consumers would be happier with the increased speed of delivery and firms would be ecstatic about the reduced cost of a worker which is limited by human basic needs such as sleep, rehydration, and food, autonomous vehicles could also displace many truckers or food delivery drivers. Self driving cars could also potentially cause services and applications such as Taxis and Uber and Lyft to go out of business. If it is cheaper for a company to invest in vehicles and maintenance than it is to pay drivers to transport customers, we could soon see the end of these services and applications that we have grown accustomed to. Not only has artificial intelligence affected trucking, but it has even affected food delivery. On college campuses around America, rectangular robots have taken college by storm. The parent company Starship has created a fleet of robots that are designed with the sole purpose of delivering food and beverage to hungry college students across campus. This all too familiar sight might seem like a rover exploring mars, but it could have darker implications. It comes back to the grubhub workers who rely on food delivery to make their living being replaced by Starship's food delivery robots. Although the likelihood of jobs being lost to transportation due to artificial intelligence is a concern, more jobs could be created such as the required engineers and technicians who will be tasked with the maintenance and design of autonomous vehicles. But artificial intelligence is not all cons for the transportation industry, as artificial intelligence can also prevent accidents on the road and in the sky with predictive maintenance technology. This technology alerts the users of vehicles about the upcoming maintenance requirements for land, sea, or air vehicles. This could be of great aid to users of these vehicles and people who rely on these vehicles while also saving costs by firms and organizations being proactive about maintenance and not waiting until a part is beyond repair and must be completely replaced which can be costly and time-consuming. Artificial intelligence has also proven to aid in reducing traffic congestion and recommending ideal routes for drivers, while also providing more crucial information that is difficult to detect unless artificial intelligence is used. One example of artificial intelligence aiding drivers on the road is the Waze app which not only gives directions on how to arrive at your desired location but also alerts drivers about red light cameras, hazards on the road, as well as the proximity and location of police officers. This information has greatly aided drivers in avoiding speeding tickets as well as optimizing the time it takes to arrive at a destination. The next industry that could be affected by artificial intelligence is the media industry. Chat GPT is the first application that comes to mind when I think of artificial intelligence affecting the media industry due to the software’s ability to write extensive amounts of texts in a matter of seconds. This could greatly aid professional writers such as authors, playwriters in Hollywood, and journalists in their jobs. By inputting a command or a basic idea of what the writer wishes to create, the artificial intelligence application can come up with a skeletal frame of an article or script that the writer could then draw inspiration from and also use as a skeletal frame for the finalized piece of writing. There are many exciting implications as to how artificial intelligence can aid in the writing of content and exponentially increase the output of stories and scripts being written. Artificial intelligence has the absolute advantage over humans in its ability to analyze mass amounts of data in a matter of seconds, which can be utilized by the human author to analyze industry trends and what is currently in demand so that their writing creation could then be utilized to optimize the reach of the content. Artificial intelligence’s ability to detect what people are most interested in can greatly aid writers in reaching their desired target audience. Technology such as Google Trends gives information and data regarding the most searched topics or key words that users are searching on the website. Artificial intelligence can also aid in reducing the number of fake stories and fake narratives that are spread online and can help fact-checkers at social media companies such as Meta which used to be called Facebook. This can save time and help aid fact-checkers in their job. While it is possible that artificial intelligence can eliminate or alter some jobs, artificial intelligence can also aid in restoring trust with viewers of news companies and can create jobs in fields such as data analysis and journalism ethics. The last industry that will be discussed as being transformed or disrupted by artificial intelligence technology is the technology industry. Artificial intelligence has already proven to be of great aid in the technology industry aiding in activities such as the automation of repetitive tasks, improving efficiency of software development, and the creation of chatbots and artificial intelligence assistants. Artificial intelligence can automate tasks such as data entry and analysis which leaves more time for employees to work on tasks that require creativity and out of the box thinking that artificial intelligence currently lacks. In the creation of computer code, artificial intelligence can more quickly detect bugs and errors in the code which leads to aiding coders and computer scientists in their work which ultimately leads to new applications and software being developed at a rapid rate. Additionally, the use of chatbots can improve customer experience by allowing a client or consumer to ask a chatbot a question and receive the information they require more efficiently and faster rather than waiting on the phone line to speak with a representative of the company. One example of Chat bots in use are in banking apps such as Bank of America, where a user can ask the chat bot to tell them their account or routing number. This chat box can also inform a user what to do in the event their credit card has been stolen or lost and can help solve problems and issues the client may have in a potentially more timely manner than it would take to get a customer service member on their card. Virtual reality technology such as Oculus machines could revolutionize the way onboarding is performed for jobs. Virtual reality can simulate scenarios and could assist a firefighter perform his first live-action rescue, or it can simulate a fighter plane in combat, or aid in training in the workplace for training such as implicit bias training. The recommendation I have to solve the problem of artificial intelligence replacing jobs and displacing workers is to ensure that workers who are displaced have access to resources to enhance their education. Workers who lose their jobs to artificial intelligence should be guaranteed training and education in a field or skill that will enable them to be employable and assist in the artificial intelligence revolution. Artificial intelligence relates to the philosopher Heraclitus due to his embracing of the principle of flux. Heraclitus stated and believed that everything is constantly changing and nothing is static. This adheres perfectly to the idea of artificial itnelligece which is progressing by leads and bounds every day. I definitely agree with the view of Heraclitus about change being constant because even us as humans are not the same person we were even just yesterday. Life experiences shape our preferences and likes and dislikes. The concept of a sole identity is skewed due to the ever evolving nature of a human that may have different goals and values as life progresses. Heraclitus would be in favor of artificial intelligence because it is constantly changing the way humans perform labor and in the ways we optimize our lives from health tracking data devices such as an Apple watch or Fitbit to automating tasks such as data entry for businesses. To sum up, artificial intelligence will continue to change the way humans perform their professions and will persist in revolutionizing the transportation, media, and technology industries for many years to come. Although some jobs might be completely gone in the near future, as the saying goes, when one door closes another one opens which is a great reference to what is occurring in the job industries because jobs will be eliminated and workers may be displaced, but this will create new job opportunities which may require further education or training to be able to perform these jobs. As Heraclitus once said, “The only constant in life is change”, therefore we must embrace change and adapt to our surroundings and new technologies because it is the way of life. Bibliography: Kelley, Karin. “What Is Artificial Intelligence? Types, History, and Future [2023 Edition]: Simplilearn.” Simplilearn.com, Simplilearn, 9 Mar. 2023, https://www.simplilearn.com/tutorials/artificial-intelligence-tutorial/what-is-artificial-intelligen ce#:~:text=A%20Brief%20History%20of%20Artificial%20Intelligence,-Here's%20a%20brie f&text=1956%20%2D%20John%20McCarthy%20coined%20the,just%20a%20list%20of% 20instructions. 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The main idea of 3.3 is to establish a high quality of work life by promoting professional development, mentoring, and making the workplace an equitable and equal opportunity area for all. This can be done by establishing accessibility for disabled people or offering counseling for workers. (Word count: 98)
