What is Artificial Intelligence and its Pros and Cons?

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made enormous progress in recent years and is being used in more and more areas, from medical diagnostics to controlling cars. The application examples of AI are diverse; meanwhile, AI tools have become an integral part of our everyday life. However, as with any technology, artificial intelligence has advantages and disadvantages that must be considered. 

Artificial intelligence: the advantages

1. The most crucial advantage of robots in the workplace is the cost factor. Robots are much cheaper than human labour, and costs are falling.
2. It’s a fact that we can’t compare human skills with robots, but robot skills are growing fast.
3. Robots are more precise than humans: they don’t tremble like human hands. Robots have smaller and more versatile moving parts, which are helpful for more accurate tasks.
4. There is no doubt that robots are significantly more robust and faster than humans.
5. Robots come in all shapes and sizes depending on the needs of the task.
6. Robots can work anywhere and in any environmental condition, whether in space, underwater, extreme heat or in the wind. And they can be used wherever human safety is at risk.
7. A human programs robots; they can say no to nothing and be used for dangerous and unpleasant work. For example, many robotic probes have been sent into space but have never returned.
8. Robots in warfare are saving more lives and have since proven very successful.
9. Robots are used today in the chemical industry and can, for example, combat chemical accidents in a nuclear power plant, which pose a significant health risk.
10. The best thing about robots is that they always stay energized and can work 24/7 on specific tasks without errors. On the other hand, the human brain becomes sleepy when working continuously.

Artificial Intelligence: The Disadvantages

1. Where robots increase efficiency in many companies, they also increase the unemployment rate. Human labour is no longer required in many factories and production facilities due to robots.
2. While robots can perform their prescribed tasks, they typically cannot handle unexpected situations.
3. Your company’s ROI can suffer if your operation relies on too many robots . You have higher costs than people, and you can only sometimes get the ROI you want.
4. Robots have AI, but humans are more intelligent than they are. They can never improve their work outside of predefined programming because they can’t think independently.
5. Robots installed in workplaces still require human guidance. The training of employees is associated with costs.
6. Robots have no sense of emotion or conscience. They lack empathy, and this leads to an emotionless workplace.
7. Robots work based on information fed to them via a chip. If something goes wrong, the entire company bears the loss.
8. On the other hand, where a robot saves time, there can also be delays. It is, after all, a machine not to expect too much from. If a robot breaks down, you need much time for repair or reprogramming.
9. Ultimately, if robots do all the work and humans sit and monitor them, health risks would increase rapidly.

Nowadays, we can only work with machines. However, humans are still considered to be far more efficient than robots when it comes to:

• Decision making,
• dealing with difficult situations,
• brainstorm and
• bringing emotion and empathy to the workplace.

The use of robots will bring more technological advances and profits to specific industries. However, according to research, robots have neither intelligence nor cleverness.

Until robots cannot reach human intelligence or rationalize the situation, humans will play an essential role in every workplace. No machine can replace the human factor.