The Danger of Artificial Intelligence in a Human World

Artificial intelligence in society is a controversial debate that is only just unravelling. Currently far from consensus, this modern debate is explored in'Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other' (Turkle, 2012), on which the next few posts will be based. Artificial intelligence (AI) is the creation of intelligent machines (Nilsson, 2009), yet is this truly possible? This post will focus on healthcare and childhood entertainment to address the potential harm to our psychological health and close relationships at the hands of AI. Turkle proposes that AI currently cannot, and should not, replace human connections, an opinion justified below.