It could be a few years,... maybe decades
before some of our daily routines, like driving,
are handled by artificial intelligence.
While it is arguably the most important advancement
for our future, it's still unchartered territory
that raises concerns.
Our Kim Ji-yeon tells us,... there's a real
need to develop a legal mechanism around AI,
in its early stages.
DeepMind, which developed Baduk or Go-playing
computer program AlphaGo, started with three
young men in Britain in 2010.
Four years later, the startup developed artificial
intelligence and they instantly became billionaires
after DeepMind was acquired by Google.
"The startup environment was one of the best
anywhere in the world... as creative ideas
and various technologies lead to new jobs
for young people."
DeepMind's AI, equipped with advanced arithmetic
and big data analytic skills... is widely
expected to offer far-reaching benefits.
Its application in the real world is on-going...
particularly in the development of self-driving
cars, medical treatment and dealing with stock
market risks.
It's also expected to solve more complicated
social dilemmas.
That's why AI is being referred to as the
fourth industrial revolution by IT experts.
"I think there will be a fight for data among
industries in the future.
The firms with data and a way of creating
a new service or solution through AI will
be on top."
But the real-life adoption of this type of
technology not only raises ethical questions,
but legal ones as well.
For instance, if a self-driving car causes
a traffic accident... or if a super intelligent
machine gives a wrong diagnosis... who would
be held responsible?
"These types of concerns show there's a need
to set guidelines and license systems before
AI systems go fully mainstream."
The Korea-based KT Economic Research Institute
says the country's AI-related market volume
will steadily increase to surpass 23-billion
U.S. dollars by 2030.
Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News.
