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The Ethics of Artificial intelligence and its implications on society

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  Once, A great scientist, Edwin Turney has given the hypothesis that when machines override human intelligence, it's an indication of a gloomy day. This hypothesis’s conclusion sparks my brain with so many questions, such as, What is intelligence? What are its implications? Why is it so dangerous? What are the benefits of AI? What are lacunae in Artificial intelligence? How can it be rectified? Will it be harmful to humans due to its overuse? Let’s try to find out ANSWERS TO all the questions. Intelligence is the ability to judge well, understand well, and reason well. This is a rudimentary definition of intelligence. Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines, robots, or software through which machines acquire the ability to comprehend, understand, and provide analysis of various issues by processing their source data. As per Precedence Research, The estimated growth of Al is expected to hit around USD 1871.2 billion by 2032. That’s why it’s important to understand A...

Best for an individual isn't necessarily best for the society.

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The statement "what is best for an individual is not necessarily always best for society" highlights the complex relationship between individual interests and societal needs. Individualism, which emerged during the Industrial Revolution, emphasizes self-realization and self-development. Individualism prioritizes individual freedom and minimal government intervention, emphasizing the importance of free markets and private property. While individualism has gained relevance in the contemporary world, it has also contributed to environmental degradation, increased social cleavages, and inequalities. Individualism was unveiled during the Industrial Revolution era. The paradigm shift of individualism from divinism to empiricism. Individualism's chief principles are self-centeredness, and egocentric. Additionally, Individualism stands for self-realization and self-development. Individualism aims to amplify individual freedom such as the Right to Life, liberty, and pr...

The purpose of an education is to make mind, not careers.

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Education is a process of learning. Education has not only meant getting a degree, a good job, and a decent career in the life of an individual. It is beyond the narrow meaning of understanding education. The purpose of education is to make humans self-conscious and aid in their self-development. Education is an infinite process for enhancing human intellect. In the ancient era, the purpose of education was to make an individual self-reliant. Usually, education is given to those who will rule the country. In the ancient era, many world-class institutes were rooted in India, such as Nalanda, Taxila, and Vikramshila. The sources of education are the Vedas, religious or spiritual scriptures, and so forth. Education was provided in diversified disciplines such as rituals, phonetics (Siksha), metrics (Chandas), grammar (Vyakaran), astronomy (Jyotishvigyan), etc. However, ancient education emphasized religious and ethical education. It is useful to attain knowledge, wisdom, and r...

Philosophy of wantlessness is utopia, while materialism is chimera.

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Wantlessness refers to desirelessness or not having any particular desire. Desire is directly connected with the happiness of human beings. Humans are instinctually embedded with more or fewer desires. Therefore, Generally, wantlessness is hard to achieve. Materialism depicts the desire to have material possessions. Usually, having material possessions is linked to the happiness, dignity, and self-esteem of an individual. Both terms 'Wantlessness' and 'Materialism' are antagonistic. On one hand, Wantlessness elicited desireless. On the other hand, Materialism embraced lots of desires. An individual should have made an equilibrium between both extremes of life. But how? Let's try to figure it out in this blog.   In the context of religion, Wantlessness is propagated as a philosophy of desirelessness. This means if you don't have the desire then you're happy. here desire can be any form such as a craving for power, position, accumulation of wealt...