November 19, 2017 : Entity What We Call Responsibility
© 安岡喜晴 (JoyShine)
A friend, who works as a nurse, complained about a patient who complained that the diagnosis they made is different from a diagnosis made by a smartphone.
I think this is kind of an annoying case for them, because a computer can't cover all cases, especially in the field of medicine, because medicine is more like art than science.
Of course, medicine is based on scientific evidence. But when we try to interpret the evidence, a sense of art is required.
For example, the same value in a physical examination will be interpreted differently depending on the patient's background, and that can't be done by computers.
People say that artificial intelligence (AI) can replace human labor in the near future, but I don't think that can happen for the following reasons.
First, the computer-driven society is quite contradictory to the current legal system. Computers are not given human rights.
As long as they don't have human rights, they can never take responsibility for what they have done.
What if a terrible situation is caused by AI, and there is no place for responsibility? Responsibility is essential to maintaining a balanced world.
Second, what if a larger number of unemployed people is detrimental to the economy? If AI replaces human labor, a large number of workers will be laid off.
This situation can cause the economically devastating situation.
Why do we need to introduce these expensive technologies to make the economy even worse?
It doesn't make any economic sense at all.