Letters | Mental strength can ensure a future for humans in the AI economy
- Readers discuss nurturing the human capacity for learning, embracing the technology and using it ethically and responsibly
Some industries will be more affected than others. One is manufacturing in which much of production and quality control may be taken over by AI.
Another industry is financial services. Yet another is the medical industry, where AI can be more effective than humans in diagnosis. IBM’s Watson has been helping doctors in lung cancer diagnosis for more than 10 years. It reportedly has an accuracy rate of 90 per cent, as compared to 50 per cent for human doctors.
Transport is another. Unmanned aviation vehicles have been used for delivery services in Guangdong province and other parts of China. Other vulnerable industries are education and law.
Now the question is: as individuals, what can we do? No one can give an exact answer. But one thing is for sure. We constantly unlearn and relearn things. We need to rediscover ourselves to explore what skills or talents we can develop. We also need to help our children do so because they are going to face a different world with different rules.