AI’s Impact on Human Behavior
Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic today. Many prominent people have given their views on this aspect of technology, and it is not surprising that opinions vary. But one thing doesn’t differ, and it is the fact that AI will have a positive and negative impact, just like every other technology that humanity has developed.
The impact of AI on human behavior is an exciting topic, as it is not as direct as discussions of the benefits of AI to humanity at a higher level. In this writeup, there’ll be a discussion on the following impacts AI will have on human behavior:
- A Desire to Become Computer Literate
- People Will Do More Of What They Love
- People Become Lazier
- A Strain on Human Relationships
A Desire to Become Computer Literate
You’ll agree that computers play a vital role in many industries today. It is hard to find an industry that doesn’t make use of computers, either to crunch numbers or to make different tasks easier.
As Artificial Intelligence begins to gain more ground, it will compel people who are not yet computer literate to want to know more about these “boxes.” For people who are already computer literate, AI will push them to learn to write their programs.
Besides, if someone can build an AI system, what stops another from doing the same?
There are lots of tools and learning platforms to make it easy, and AI will make people more comfortable with using computers in a couple of years.
More Time To Do What They Love
AI is becoming an excellent tool for automating routine tasks, and tasks that do not require human emotion. Many of these tasks are time-consuming, and humans often do not enjoy doing them, but they have to be done.
As the adoption of Artificial Intelligence grows, people will become more aware of the opportunity it provides to let them do things they love and enjoy. With AI, they can easily automate their tedious tasks so that they can have more time for themselves.
Today, a lot of products with AI functionalities in them collect data and use this to provide personalized services to their users. For example, a Disc Jockey that finds it boring to select songs for a party can have AI choose the songs. Now, they only have to focus on making magic with them.
People Also Become Lazier
The adoption of Artificial Intelligence translates to the automation of many tasks. People will become lazy and will most likely lose their skills. It is said that what you don’t use, you lose. So when AI begins to perform all of the tasks that people used to do, then it shouldn’t be surprising that those skills will become rusty.
For example, a Doctor that knows how to analyze Biomedical images, but leaves it to AI always. Over time, there’s a chance that such a Doctor will lose the ability to perform such analysis.
A Strain on Human Relationships
Nobody is an island. Humans need to relate with other humans to survive. However, if enough people begin to rely heavily on AI alone, such that they do not relate with others, it will cause a strain on human relationships. The need of someone’s help is often a reason to strike conversations. But when there’s an AI system that can do this, the motive to communicate with others is impacted negatively. Chatbots are becoming more popular. While these AI systems are quite efficient, the use of chatbots can adversely affect the relationship between customers and companies, especially when they need to chat with a human representative.
Conclusion
The adoption of Artificial Intelligence across different industries is on the rise. The result of this is that people will react differently, and AI will have varying impacts. In this article, some of the influences of AI on human behavior have been discussed, including how people will become lazier and the increasing desire to become computer literates.
