During the pandemic back in the year 2020, jobs were shut down, people were locked in

the comfort of their homes, and even malls were closed. Everything was on a downfall back then,
but there was one thing that capitalized the whole situation, the rise of Artificial Intelligence
(Dananjayan, 2020).

Artificial Intelligence is taking advantage of the innovation on newer technologies. During

the early surge of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, people were missing the lifestyle
that they enjoyed, and there comes the companies that exploited the system.

COVID 19: Avoid Physical Touch

Online delivery applications, such as Grab, and FoodPanda, have become a huge thing
that sustained the life of restaurants, and fast foods. Although restaurants have started the food
delivery business earlier, the conveniency that these applications have brought to the market made
them more popular and a trend during those years.

Transportation also took a huge leap during the pandemic. Expressways such as the North
Luzon Expressway (NLEX), South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), and the Subic-Clark-Tarlac
Expressway (SCTEX) implemented the mandatory use of Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)
for both private and public vehicles to avoid physical interaction (Gaur, 2021).

Along with that, public transportation vehicles like the Light Railway Transit (LRT), Metro
Railway Transit (MRT), and Electronic Jeepneys (E-Jeep) have implemented a way to avoid
physical touch in paying for the ride, hence, the invention of beep cards, a one-tap payment that is
used for every ride.

Artificial Intelligence: A product of globalization

Believe it or not, globalization has become a huge part in the rise of Artificial Intelligence.
Technologically advanced countries, like Japan, and the United States, have introduced the use of
AIs in our daily lives. Gone were the days where physical and mandatory labor were needed to get
what you need (Alyoshina, 2019).

The innovation of computers that other countries have started became a huge step for
humanity as these can be used for emergency uses.
 During the pandemic, online interactions have dominated the scene that even governments
used it for their meetings, and interactions. The mimicry of the human mind has substituted the
real deal resulting to bigger heights reached even without physical interaction (Alfashan, 2020).

AI, and Globalization, Solution to the Global Pandemic

Artificial Intelligence, which is a product of globalization, gave us the best solution to cope
up during the pandemic. It is one thing to solve the problem, but another thing is to adapt to it. The
problem of the pandemic is truly there, but as AIs came to the scene, we are able to adapt to what
is happening around us.

As a citizen of a developing nation, we need to hear more about these things. Not to vote
for the continuous rise of Artificial Intelligence, but to be informed about things such as these. In
today’s age, where misinformation, and disinformation is very prevalent, being informed is a
power that everyone needs to have just to live securely in these days.

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