Harare, Zimbabwe (News of the South)-Artificial Intelligence has been touted as set to take over 50 percent of all jobs within the next ten years according to an RT news article.
Kai-Fu Lee technologist and founder of venture capital firm Sinovation Ventures says that AI will surpass all the combined technological revolution of man.
The reputed technologist was speaking at the ongoing Global Mobile Internet Conference.
“It is the singular thing that will be larger than all of human tech revolutions added together, including electricity, the industrial revolution, the internet, mobile internet- because AI is pervasive”
“There are things that are superhuman, and we think this will be in every industry, will probably replace 50 percent of human jobs, create a huge amount of wealth for mankind and wipe out poverty”, he said.
According to Kai AI represent the decision engine that will replace people as its capacities far exceeded those of humanity.
Kai however contended that he does not see machines taking over the place of human beings even as they grow more intelligent.
This would be premised on the assumption of machine slacking the ability to resonate with sentimental feelings of the ‘other person’.
According to the technologist this mean service jobs will remain for human beings.
“Touching one’s heart with your heart is something that machines, I believe will never be good at”
“Because AI is about taking data into insight and decision, so I anticipate the internet sector, entrepreneurial sector, to continue to grow and in many cases displace and even wipe out traditional companies”, he said.
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