Artificial ielligence is no longer a dista technology and is now being used in sectors as diverse as power plas and retail. This technology is becoming more advanced day by day, but where is the final limit of its capabilities? A group of senior technology executives, including an executive from Microsoft, have answered this fundameal question.
According to a Euronews report, various artificial ielligence experts shared their views on the prese and future of artificial ielligence and, more importaly, its inhere limitations at an eve in Madrid. The most importa part of this conversation was the answer to an importa question: what will artificial ielligence “never” be able to do?
The executives were unanimous on one thing: AI could never have feelings or lead a group with empathy. Rafael San Juan, Innovation Director of the Spanish company Iberdrola, summed it up like this:
“Artificial ielligence will be able to build the Taj Mahal, but it will never understand what it means to love its creator.”
Things that AI can’t do
On the common fear that artificial ielligence will replace skilled labor, experts were clear: AI is here to enhance people’s work, not replace them. Experts agreed that the true ielligence that distinguishes humans resides in creativity, iuition, and emotion.
Elena González-Blanco García, Microsoft’s head of artificial ielligence in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, recalled: “We’ve been hearing for half a ceury that machines are going to replace humans, and it hasn’t happened.” In this regard, he meioned an ierview by Marvin Minsky, the founder of the MIT Artificial Ielligence Laboratory, in the 1970s, who said that artificial ielligence will replace humans in 10 years. According to him, technology changes the way we work, but it does not eliminate human value.
Javier Mallo, CEO of Carrefour Spain, poied out that the future is in human-machine collaboration: “Companies that combine artificial ielligence and emotional ielligence will be the leaders.”
They also emphasized that human judgme is always necessary to corol the illusion of artificial ielligence that makes errors in its reasoning.
The executives also all agreed that Spain and the EU lag behind the US and China in investing in AI. “Europe can play in the top league if it’s serious about tale and innovation,” González-Blanco said, referring to French unicorn startup Mistral.
