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By Willie Brown
In this age of Photoshop and Artificial Intelligence, it’s sometimes hard to tell the real from the fake.
Photos of ex-President Donald Trump, surrounded by smiling black people have been popping up all over the place. But according to www.theroot.com, the photos are photoshopped. Talk about fake news!
Everywhere you look now—especially on social media—we see perfectly photographed posts, that represent fantasies, limited only by the imagination of the designer.
Scrolling through Facebook recently, I saw a beautiful miniature horse. It was dark brown with a white mane running down the center of its head What a beautiful horse, I thought; until one commenter suggested that it was created by AI. There went my fantasy.
With technology running amok, it makes me think about the future of publishing. Scientists predicted that the day would come when information would be created and distributed by robots. My stomach sank just thinking about it.
Yet, here we are. Machines are replacing real writers. While it certainly speeds up production, AI, in my opinion, could never replace the human brain.
Like driverless cars, robots are not as adept as humans when it comes to judging unique situations, maneuvering, and overriding logic. We’ve all experienced the frustration of having our bill payments end up in default due to faulty computer programming.
With companies like UPS, Macy’s, Microsoft, and American Airlines cutting jobs and closing their doors, you have to wonder about the collateral damage. We can count on higher prices, a decline in human-based customer service, for starters.
Can robots and AI do a better job than humans? Some things, but sure, but not all. I just hope our government gets its act together and put effective laws in place before it’s too late.
