What Are the AI Myths?

• AI Will Take All Jobs

AI converts and laser-focuses most repetitive functions and does not actually replace jobs but transforms them while creating new jobs in the field of maintenance, data analysis, and innovation. Decision-making, creativity, and emotional intelligence-these are skill set areas where the human-made decision continues to play an essential role as these skills cannot be compared with those developed through AI. The reality is that technological development has always evolved jobs rather than making them extinct.

• AI Smarter than Humans

AI specializes in the processing of enormous quantities of data and conducting a number of duty operations very accurately; however, it is devoid of any general intelligence or the general ability to think creatively. AI models function on the basis of patterns in data in conjunction with programmed algorithm; they do not “understand” like humans do. Human intelligence meanwhile is characterized with adaptability and reasoning that far exceeds the narrow capabilities of AI.

• AI Can Think and Feel Like Humans

AI systems do not possess consciousness, and they do not experience emotions or have intentions. What seems like behavior in the human sense in AI is merely that algorithms calculate many actions through various input-processing units to yield an outcome. AI cannot feel like it empathizes, enjoys, or grows angry; rather, it simulates and estimates patterns that build the illusion that it understands those things. The so-called emotional AI just recognizes such things: tone, text, or expression but does not engage in actual meanings.

• AI Will Eventually Replace Humans

Completely-The abstract concept that someday AI will completely eliminate humans from the planet denies the reality that there is an innate value to human creativity, ethics, and relationships that cannot be replaced by AI. AI should be considered as a tool that enlarges the capabilities of human beings rather than a competitor. By working alongside AI, efficiency and innovation can be multiplied; however, the need for human oversight and intuition remains irreplaceable.

• AI Provides Accurate Results Without Fails

AI systems depend on data, and when the data is partial, biased or flawed, this will be reflected in the results. In addition, an understanding of the context cannot be considered as guaranteed with AI, which would lead to the occurrence of possible errors. Continuous human supervision and ethical and transparent practices concerning data are required for ensuring accuracy and fairness in applications of AI.