With the corona virus pandemic ongoing, many countries around the world have been taking aggressive action to stop the spread. This has caused many industries to be on the verge of shutting down, due to people no longer being able to do their work, let alone many have already shut down. Our work is so reliant on physical, human interaction, that this is essentially what is exacerbating the spread of the virus. The strength of our economy relies on the ability for industries to continue doing work and being productive despite circumstances, but this is just not the case.
This has ultimately created a downward spiral of our finical market over the past few weeks. Most of industries work has already switched from physical to digital, work of which can be done by AI. It would make more sense for the work to eventually be automated by AI, or directly automate industries physical work using advanced robotics powered by AI. By allowing AI to take on the roles of humans, we can eliminate the need for human interaction without halting a significant part of our economy.
In the future, AI and robots could automate many of the crucial operations that are needed for a society to function without little to no human supervision. These robots can function autonomously, receiving instructions remotely or be controlled remotely. Crucial functions of our society can still be executed when human interaction is not advisable such as what is happening in the world today. AI can help us build a more resilient economy from this exactly, otherwise it will spiral out of control leading us into a recession sort of what we are witnessing today.
LIS 4022 Spring 2020 