The Benefits of Artificial Intelligence

Humanity has long lived with the simple fact that humans are limited, often by their own humanity. These limitations have pushed scientists and researchers to look for ways in which to overcome these limitations, and for many, Artificial Intelligence appears to be answer to many of the economic, political and social problems that we as humans face.

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Economic Benefits
Of all of the benefits that we as humans could reap from the implementation of artificial intelligence in our daily lives, none appear to be as obvious as those of the economic nature. From a manufacturing standpoint, the benefits of AI are astounding. Artificially intelligent beings do not need to rest, eat, sleep or be paid to do tasks. No matter how boring, tiresom or menial the job may be, an AI would not complain and continue to work dilligently. Production would be at an all time high as the human problems that impede productivity would have been effectively solved.

Military Benefits
The primary cost of war is the loss of human life, and human life is a nation;s most powerful and necessary resource. But with the advent of artificially intelligent machines, wars between states could be fought not with humans and rifles, but machines in their place. We have seen the very beginnings of this with the implementation of drone warfare in the Afghan and Iraq Wars, but this technology is still in it's infancy and is not yet a fully artifically intelligent machine. Despite it's early life stage, the very principle of having a combatant that if shot down or destroyed will not result in a soldiers life is an essential stepping stone to the military applications of artificial intelligence and the reduction of human casualties in modern warfare.

Societal Benefits
AIs could greatly aid in improving society in some of the most basic and banal of functions. Automated cars could avert automobile accidents, automated waiters could ensure order accuracy, people could have permanent servants without the ethical and moral issues of having a human one. There would be more time for leisure as many jobs would have been replaced or reduced throuh the introduction of automated or artificially intelligent beings. Much like how society was once formed around the central institution of slavery, society would once again be built around an institution resembling it, but without the atrocious violence needed to keep the system in place. Humans could devote much more time to leisure as AI could be used to handle the lions share of the laborious and necessary functions for a society to stand. Society would be fundamentally and irreprably changed with the implementation of artifically sentient beings.

Elimination of 'The Human Factor'
A principal benefit of Artificial Intelligence would be the elimination of 'The Human Factor' in areas in which said factor become an issue. The Human Factor is, put simply, all the limitations that come with being a human. These limitations include bias, emotion, hesitation, intelligence etc. Artifical Intelligence has often been seen as the solution to these issues with the cold, and pure logical thought that would not have to deal with the human complications of emotion and hesitation. This could be particularly useful in stressful situations and situations in which there are many variables that need to be gauged quickly. An example of this would be the self driving car. Emotions such as anger, stress and the sluggishness of our reaction time behind the wheel of a vehicle could all be reduced with the implementation of an AI.

Questions for Reader
1. May the new benefits potentially unravel major problems later in the future? Please comment in the section below.

2. Why do we deem it necessary to remove emotions and our relative moral compass? Will our ability to make quicker logical decisions really bring about  a new world?