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Digital life is augmenting human capacities and disrupting eons-old human activities. Code-driven systems have spread to more than half of the world’s inhabitants in ambient inform

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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humans


Experts say the rise of artificial intelligence will make most people better off over the next decade, but many have concerns about how advances in AI will affect what it means to be human, to be productive and to exercise free will


By Janna Anderson and Lee Rainie


Digital life is augmenting human capacities and disrupting eons-old human activities. Code-driven systems have spread to more than half of the world’s inhabitants in ambient information and connectivity, offering previously unimagined opportunities and unprecedented threats. As emerging algorithm-driven artificial intelligence (AI) continues to spread, will people be better off than they are today?


The experts predicted networked artificial intelligence will amplify human effectiveness but also threaten human autonomy, agency and capabilities. They spoke of the wide-ranging possibilities; that computers might match or even exceed human intelligence and capabilities on tasks such as complex decision-making, reasoning and learning, sophisticated analytics and pattern recognition, visual acuity, speech recognition and language translation. They said “smart” systems in communities, in vehicles, in buildings and utilities, on farms and in business processes will save time, money and lives and offer opportunities for individuals to enjoy a more-customized future.

 

Many focused their optimistic remarks on health care and the many possible applications of AI in diagnosing and treating patients or helping senior citizens live fuller and healthier lives. They were also enthusiastic about AI’s role in contributing to broad public-health programs built around massive amounts of data that may be captured in the coming years about everything from personal genomes to nutrition. Additionally, a number of these experts predicted that AI would abet long-anticipated changes in formal and informal education systems.


Yet, most experts, regardless of whether they are optimistic or not, expressed concerns about the long-term impact of these new tools on the essential elements of being human. All respondents in this non-scientific canvassing were asked to elaborate on why they felt AI would leave people better off or not. Many shared deep worries, and many also suggested pathways toward solutions. The main themes they sounded about threats and remedies are outlined in future reports.


https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/12/10/artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-humans/

 

“Experts say the rise of artificial intelligence will make most people better off over the next decade…”.


Based on the meaning of the idiom "better off" in TEXT, it can be stated that this will make

  1. most people give advice in a difficult situation.
  2. most people live worse than before.
  3. people be in a more favorable position or financial circumstances than before.
  4. people avoid future chances.
  5. people improve the use of internet.
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"better off" funciona aqui como locução adjetiva que indica uma melhoria relativa no estado das pessoas. Ou seja, a frase afirma que, ao longo da próxima década, a maioria das pessoas ficará em uma situação mais favorável do que tinha antes.


O foco é especialmente econômico e material: a expressão frequentemente aponta para melhores condições financeiras ou maior bem‑estar econômico. Não se trata apenas de bem‑estar abstrato, mas de um ganho comparativo em relação ao passado.


Gramaticamente, "make most people better off" usa "better off" como predicativo do objeto: o verbo "make" causa uma mudança que resulta em um estado superior. Exemplo: "They will be better off" = "Eles estarão em melhor situação, com condições financeiras melhores."

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