To What Extent can Artificial Intelligence Replace Humans?

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To What Extent can Artificial Intelligence Replace Humans?
Executive Summary
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a promising technology and will make performing tasks more effective and efficient. The ability of AI to be efficient in areas that humans struggle with has created anxiety on the possibility of the technology surpassing humans, hence replacing them. While there are areas where AI is replacing human workers, especially on repetitive tasks, it does not pose a significant threat to humanity. It is essential to consider that AI needs human intervention from time to time. Consequently, the chances of AI completely replacing humans are minimal. Instead of being considered a competitor, AI should be seen as complementing human efforts in the workplace.
Introduction
Artificial intelligence (AI) is concerned with building smart machines that can undertake tasks typically that need human intelligence. AI simulates human intelligence programmed into machines (Malik & Solanki, 2021). In other words, machines can undertake jobs that ordinarily require human intelligence. After helping the Allied forces emerge victorious by breaking the Nazi encryption machine Enigma, Alan Turing asked a question that would continue to stimulate intellectual discussions. Turing asked, “Can machines think?” (Gonçalves, 2022) In 1950, Turing wrote a paper titled “Computing Machinery and Intelligence.” Subsequently, Turing came up with the famous Turing Test, which established the fundamental goal of AI. Scientists seek to answer Turing’s question in the affirmative. Companies and research organizations have devoted more resources towards developing machines whose intelligence is remarkable. As a result, some tasks that traditionally were left for humans can now be done by machines, leading to what appears as competition between machines and humans. In the 21st century, AI is becoming superior to humans in many tasks, making it appear that humans are ready to outsource their intelligence to technology. However, despite the advancement in AI, it will not replace humans but rather enhance what they do.
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Do Humans Need AI?
The question of whether humans need AI can be considered from different perspectives. On the one hand, if humans opt for more effective ways of accomplishing tasks, then the answer is yes. However, if humans are okay with the natural course of living without the desire to conquer the universe, then the answer would be no. However, history demonstrates that humans constantly seek ways to undertake tasks faster, easier, and more effectively. That desire pressures humans to look for new and better ways of doing things. The incentive to create new things is the basis on which modern civilization rests (Kamensky & Boev, 2015). The start of civilization employed tools meant to make work easier and more efficient. Each generation does not need to work like their forefathers. Because of innovation, subsequent generations can have a better machine that can work for them. For instance, the Industrial Revolution saw humans accomplish initially impossible tasks. The invention of t...