The thorny case of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being enforced in our daily jobs and activities. The “it saves me some time” argument is often highlighted to justify the use of such tools. It is not black or white, but the advantages of artificial intelligence must be qualified. To a certain extent, AI is doing the job instead of our brain, which raises a few questions.
ChatGPT, Gemini, HeyGen, Lucide IA, Murf AI…Artificial Intelligence tools have been flooding the market over the last couple of years. Companies and entrepreneurs do not hesitate to use those tools for various tasks: writing a speech, setting up a business plan, writing an article, just make your choice and the tool will do the job! Some tools will allow you to use them freely, but you will be obliged to subscribe and pay for the prestation if your use of the tool becomes regular.
Artificial Intelligence enables you to save a lot of time. While writing a 1000-word article could take you one hour by yourself before, writing your text with the help of ChatGPT will turn into a real economy of time. In a few minutes, you will be done with it. Besides, the quality of the tool you are using can be another advantage provided you provide enough elements to the AI. You can use the text released by the AI as a basis you will then perfectionate and modify depending on your tastes.
This being said, what about our jobs if AI takes the lead? Are we still going to need writers and journalists in 10 years? On top of that, what do we do with the question of making our brains work and think over? If AI does the job, it means that we tend to use our cerebral capacities less. We are saving time, alright, but what if we make our brains lazy? Thinking about the lay out of an article, figuring out the arguments you are going to develop in your text, writing properly without any mistakes, poking around on your mind to find some information…If all of this is enforced by technology, the question of our own intelligence seems legitimate.
Just take a look at the impact of technology on our intellectual and memory capacities today. Everything can be found and saved on our phones. Can you tell the phone number of your relatives? Their birthday? When was the last time you travelled, and what did you do? Can you find your way without Google Maps? The list can be extended with multiple examples. Technology can be useful, but it should not prevail. We must think over and make this brain work. Vital stuff.
Guillaume Mahot