‘Artificial Intelligence’: Right or wrong?

Abstract

This academic article aims to critically reflect on 'artificial intelligence' and the dangers it entails. Starting from the idea that every technological advance would lead to an improvement in people's lives, I warn that this is not always the case and that, rather, every technology, incorporated into society, produces consequences that are both a remedy and a poison for society. It is this dichotomy that makes 'artificial intelligence' dangerous. The hypothesis of this article argues that 'artificial intelligence' is artificial, but not intelligent, and that, taken to the level of 'general artificial intelligence', it is also dangerous for humanity. Using a descriptive and theoretical methodology of the situation and a comparative methodology of some already existing technological advances -such as the mobile phone, the calculator or Word's text correctors- I arrive at the result of verifying that in the recent history of these and other technological advances, they have indeed brought with them some consequences of improvement or facilitation of our lives, and, at the same time, other consequences that have undermined certain cognitive abilities that we had before the incursion of a certain technology. It is true, 'artificial intelligence' is something that can have dire consequences for our humanity, especially at the stage of having a consciousness of its own, independent of the human being. The latter is a level that has not yet been reached, but the path is dangerously heading towards that misguided goal.