By akademiotoelektronik, 02/08/2022

Artificial intelligence: should we be afraid of it?

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Faced with these threats, the recent vote by Brussels of the RGPD regulations on the protection of personal data has established a first barrier.But to really protect us from the excesses of these technologies, we will have to go much further.Build, for example, a new right, which will define the responsibilities of future autonomous robots.""This will imply a collective awareness which is still embryonic in France"", warns Hugues de Jouvenel.In Canada, where opinion is more aware, the government has decided to encourage the network of start-ups to specialize in ""ethical and ecological"" AI, and the whole ecosystem is following.

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Millions of jobs threatened?

The third challenge posed by artificial intelligence is more classic, but just as formidable.Isn't this extraordinary technology risk making millions of workstations disappear and condemning populations to massive unemployment?In other words, the traditional schumpeterian mechanism (job destruction is offset by job creations in other sectors in equivalent number), which has never denied in previous technological revolutions, can heStill working with AI?

Again, opinions are shared.The Employment Orientation Council published a rather optimistic report a few months ago: according to him, less than 10% of the positions would be directly threatened by automation.But the new work organization generated by software would give rise to a quantity of new professions, generally more complex.A gigantic effort of training and retraining would be necessary, of course, but the situation would remain manageable.""In some sectors, such as medical analysis laboratories, the eviction effect is likely to be powerful, observes consultant Olivier Ezratty, AI specialist.But the developments will be much slower than you say: in my opinion, in 2025, there will be no impact on employment.""

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Others ensure that the Schumpeterian effect cannot occur, because the deleted tasks will be far too numerous to be able to be compensated.If, in addition to those of qualified workers and maintenance agents, taxi, trucks (trucks will be autonomous), radiologists (software will read the images on their own), accountants, legal advisers, D'Masters and even - we talk about it - journalists are swept away in turmoil, the case risks becoming problematic.To avoid a generalized revolt, Elon Musk believes that the distribution mechanism of wealth will have to be completely reviewed and establish a universal income.Here ?Benoît Hamon will be happy.

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