Technology can solve the energy crisis, add trillions to the global economy… OR wipe out the human race! By 2030, AI could be taking care of our elderly, making movies and giving lessons .
These are the very different predictions from eight artificial intelligence experts from the US and UK, who predict how the technology could change our lives in the next decade. It comes amid growing calls for regulators to put a lid on the development of artificial intelligence, amid fears it could lead to waves of job losses and make us obsolete.
To teach lessons.
Will artificial intelligence find a place in the classroom?
Artificial intelligence also has the potential to transform the education sector and adapt school lesson plans.
Dr Ayaz Ali, head of business and computing at Ravensbourne University in London, made the prediction.
He said children could soon have their own personalized AI tutor to deliver lessons tailored to areas they struggle with. This could even be done through augmented reality glasses or robots, he suggested.
Dr. Ali says, "In the next ten years, we may see AI-enabled virtual classrooms that can create a more immersive and interactive learning experience."
It is expected that artificial intelligence could be used to complement current conventional teaching methods, rather than completely replace teachers.
Wipe out the human race?
In addition to suggestions that artificial intelligence will improve our lives immensely, there are also experts who warn that it could end the human race by 2030.
Among the judges is the American computer scientist Eliezer Yudkowsky, who bet 100 dollars that the human race will be completely wiped out by January 1, 2030.
He is a renowned researcher at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute in Berkeley, California, and is one of the most vocal experts warning about artificial intelligence.
Writing in Time earlier this year, he said: "If someone were to build an artificial intelligence that was too powerful, under current conditions, I expect that every member of the human species and all biological life on Earth would die shortly thereafter."
He says that AI could destroy humanity if its intelligence surpasses humans and that it then develops different values and goals for humans.
Musk has been sounding the alarm about artificial intelligence for years, warning last month that it could destroy civilization – although he suggested it would not wipe out humans entirely because we are an "interesting" part of the universe. He claims that by 2030, artificial intelligence will be smarter than humans.
To increase the value of the world economy by almost a fifth.
Experts also suggest that AI could increase the value of the world economy by $15.7 trillion by 2030, or more than the value of the economies of India and China combined at current levels.
The forecast was made by analysts working at the Big Four accounting firm PwC, based in London. They say this will be driven by the development of improved and personalized products, sparking a consumer-driven boom.
PwC said in a study published in January: “Our research also shows that 45% of total economic benefits by 2030 will come from product improvements, stimulating consumer demand. This is because AI will drive greater product diversity, with increased personalization, appeal and affordability over time.”
To solve the energy crisis.
Experts also suggest that it could solve the energy crisis.
There are also suggestions that artificial intelligence could help solve the world's energy crisis by 2030.
The latest energy crisis was caused by a combination of the war in Ukraine, which led to a blockade of fossil fuel imports from Russia, and a sudden surge in demand during the economic recovery after the Covid pandemic. There is also a separate, ongoing energy crisis that seeks to gradually transition energy production to renewable sources in order to limit global warming.
Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT and is based in San Francisco, California, said that by 2030, artificial intelligence will solve the crisis. In a series of tweets in 2021, he said: “The future could be so good that it's hard for any of us to imagine. My basic take on this is that we will have "unlimited" intelligence and energy, and it will all be for the good. I think we will have them before the end of this decade."
To achieve approximately the same intelligence as humans.
Predictions also abound that AI could reach human-like intelligence by 2030.
Among those warning against this is former Google engineer Ray Kurzweil, a famous futurist who claims an 86 percent success rate on predictions.
Speaking at a conference in Austin, Texas, in 2017, he said: "2029 is a consistent date that I have predicted when AI will pass a valid Turing test and therefore achieve human levels of intelligence."
There are already growing concerns that AI will lead to thousands of layoffs as companies begin to use the technology to fill jobs once humans are employed.
To predict medical problems in people.
In healthcare, AI could predict problems before they happen by 2030, says AI expert Simon Bain, founder and CEO of software company OmniIndex, based in San Jose, California.
Mr Bain believes the future of AI will be services built to meet specific needs. But he adds that they will be very different from current ones such as ChatGPT.
Bain said: “By 2030, artificial intelligence could predict future health problems through specialists using specialized tools. That's because the future of AI will be services that directly respond to our specific needs – quickly and easily. As in, we tell it what we want, and it gives it to us."
He added: “This future should NOT be based on current mainstream generative AI (as in ChatGPT or Google's Bard) as this simply uses technology to regurgitate content and repurpose it.
It will take care of adults.
In the next decade, artificial intelligence could take over much of the role of caring for the elderly.
Experts suggest that artificial intelligence can help care for the elderly, pointing to robots like ElliQ, which is designed to help people and keep them company.
Heather Delaney, founder of London-based PR firm targeting tech ventures Gallium Ventures, made the prediction while pointing to the rise of care bots such as ElliQ.
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