RULONA, Maria Luz S.

BSN-NUR193 12 January 2023

Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms: Pros and Cons | DW Documentary (AI

documentary)

Tilman Wolff and Ranga Yogeshwar document Artificial Intelligence and

Algorithms: Pros and Cons | DW Documentary (AI documentary). This documentary
travels to the centers of AI research in Europe, the United States, and China to
scrutinize the revolutionary developments that are currently taking place. Each
breakthrough technology has its advantages and disadvantages. And artificial
intelligence is no exception. The documentary also covered the probabilities of how AI
works, Pranaj Rajpurkar, a researcher from Stanford University, mentioned, "I think one
difficulty with probabilities is that it does make it hard for humans to interpret like what is
the probability of 88 versus 92% mean in terms of the decision I should make in the
clinic, and so I think in that sense one of the things that we could experiment with doing
in the future is rather than showing probabilities that are so fine-grained maybe we can
show things like unlikely, or this pathology is likely, or this pathology is possible."

I like how the documentary comprehensively showed the specific AIs in the
countries they went to. I was amazed throughout, but as a student in the medical field,
the application that can tell the underlying pathology in an X-ray is what caught my
attention the most. The documentary surely improved the knowledge I have of Artificial
Intelligence and algorithms. However, because biological evolution is essentially a
self-diversifying algorithm for metabolism and behavior, algorithms do indeed rule in the
realm of life. We could produce artificial intelligence reasonably easily if we could
quickly replicate the process digitally and physically produce the final product(s). But if
we are successful, no matter how artificial it is, it is intelligence and must be respected.
A non-conscious machine with specific intelligence perfectly mimics human intellectual
output would be the better way.

Having finished the documentary, I have the same question as the host left in me; a
transparent society in the interest of efficiency of this appears useful but do we want to
measure control and analyze everything just because it's technically possible? One of
the significant issues with artificial intelligence we see the most in the field is that the
humans who use it need help to predict and understand it themselves. As a
consequence, they need help understanding what it can do. There are excellent and
opposing sides to everything; the most prominent negative to AI is people who don't
understand it; that's why I think this program should be required viewing for anyone who
uses technology, as well as judges, politicians, teachers, and any current or future
leaders.