Here are some recent developments:
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The world’s strongest players of
chess, shogi (Japanese chess) and Go are AI.
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AI audio speakers are able to
optimize the sound effect in response to their location and environment, making
sound effect professionals or audio maniacs obsolete.
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AI HR can better predict people
who will leave their job than human staff.
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AI navigators identify where
people want to take a taxi, allowing taxi drivers to pick them up immediately.
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An AI politician that can make a fair decision in response to diverse opinions, rather than those of certain interest groups.
A joint survey published in late May 2017 by Oxford and Yale says:
“Researchers predict AI will outperform humans in many activities in the next
ten years, such as translating languages (by 2024), writing high-school essays
(by 2026), driving a truck (by 2027), working in retail (by 2031), writing a
bestselling book (by 2049), and working as a surgeon (by 2053). Researchers
believe there is a 50% chance of AI outperforming humans in all tasks in 45
years and of automating all human jobs in 120 years, with Asian respondents
expecting these dates much sooner than North Americans.”
The survey predicted that it would still take 17.6 years for AI to
outperform the world’s best Go player, but by the time the survey came out,
that had actually happened according to press reports.
Because I am already fifty, if AI surpassed my work performance – hopefully
that won’t happen at least in the next few years – I could retire. But young
people, especially students, should be in a very difficult position because
once they graduate or even during their time at school, their jobs based on their
study might be no longer needed.
