@LonM said in The rise of Artificial Intelligence:
And as for taking the "hard graft" out of work - Chatbot based AI, which is what I'm assuming you're referring to, is so error-prone that anyone using it in a professional setting should double check everything it is writing, as there's no guarantee that it is safe or reliable. You mention coding, but even the engineers that made the AI systems say it is "worse than useless" 3.
I've been playing with these quite a bit recently both for coding and math assistance (I'm doing a Math for AI course). I've found them to be useful even when they get the answers wrong. But they are not a substitute for not thinking for yourself alongside them.
For example, in a recent math case I was unclear about the presentation in the course. After firing a question at the AI it gave an improved explanation of the concept but actually calculated its answer incorrectly. I was able to deduce this, ironically, from the very concept it had explained to me! I then told this to the AI and it corrected itself.
The AI works best when you already have some knowledge of the topic or domain, rather than when you're completely ignorant. So, don't ask it to write code when you've literally had no experience of coding yourself.