AI is being applied in various industries and applications at a frantic pace. While there is a lot of trepidation about where AI may be headed, there is also a lot of hope as to the benefits of AI in society. AI has the potential to speed up technological developments, improve everyday life, improve safety and security in our communities, and drive the economy.
As AI progresses, it will be interesting to discover its applications’ effectiveness and efficiency in society. Here are a few of the ways AI is already helping society.
1. Helping with Online Search
A major application of AI right now is online search and digital information-gathering. It’s among the easier applications of AI. However, it isn’t far off from blending in with voice assistants and smart home accessories to amplify its potential.
This form of AI, fully developed, will redesign home living in some drastic but also very efficient ways. We may be only a few years away from seeing products start to be released with AI integration.
2. Weapon Detection
AI software, including knives and guns, can detect concealed weapons faster than humans. AI can be used at entryway screenings and applied to security cameras to detect suspicious behaviour and security threats in less than a second.
This weapon detection technology can save lives in environments with dense populations, such as sports stadiums, schools, government buildings, condo developments, malls, and more.
3. Creates More Efficient Businesses
AI analytics can identify patterns that would take humans more time to examine. Via AI, a business owner can find ways to improve cost-efficiency through sourcing materials, reducing time, improving product quality, and increasing safety.
AI analytics can also improve digital marketing, increase conversation rates, and improve lead generation. The possibilities are near-endless.
4. More Accurate Weather Management
AI can predict the weather better than the tools we have available today. This can help in a few different ways. When the weather is particularly chaotic, AI may be able to help with disaster preparedness and mitigate the damage from major weather events. Also, more accurate weather data can aid farmers with harvesting and planting decisions, maximizing the planet’s agricultural resources.
5. Better Healthcare & Faster Research
AI has proven to be able to diagnose, treat, and monitor patients in healthcare better than human beings can. Furthermore, it can dramatically speed up R&D in healthcare, producing better research and possibly arriving at more personalized patient treatments.
The use of AI in healthcare may prove to be one of the best ways in which AI can help society, facilitating better medications and therapies.
6. Automating Repetitive Tasks
There are lots of jobs wherein the tasks are extremely repetitive. From customer service to consumer product manufacturing, there are various ways in which AI automation can better fulfill these roles.
Human beings have the potential to re-educate themselves in different employment categories, ultimately get better and more specialized work, and receive higher-paying jobs than what may be available to them today.
7. Faster Software & Coding Development
Another easy use of AI right now is in coding, robotics, and software development. AI will likely be able to produce software faster than humans can and, under the guidance of human beings, deliver advanced video game software, robotics programs, and more.
AI may equal the playing field between software companies, small and large, creating a market where the best AI or best idea wins as opposed to who has the resources to develop the best idea.
8. Increases Economic Strength
By 2030, AI is likely to contribute trillions to the global economy and help grow global GDP in massive ways. North America and China are expected to receive the most economic benefits from AI, improving the quality of life for the population and giving corporations based in these regions a competitive advantage. AI may be the guiding economic factor determining what countries pull ahead as global leaders in the next two decades.
9. Cybersecurity & AI
On the subject of security, cybersecurity is an area that is expected to use AI in a big way. An advanced AI security system can discover hackers before an attack is launched. AI can adapt to different threats quickly and eliminate them. This could be the saving grace in an increasingly digitized world where private data is at risk, and it’s companies’ responsibility to prioritize cybersecurity.
10. Self-Driving Cars
AI could drive self-driving cars in the future. The manufacturing and development of self-driving cars are already being led by data science and AI. On an ongoing basis, AI can ascertain and interpret the best driving techniques are the most efficient routes and incorporate safety measures and software updates into these cars. As millions of self-driving vehicles are expected to be on the road by 2040, this will drastically alter the driving culture.
