A Critical Review of the Politics of Artificial Intelligent Machines, Alienation and the Existential Risk Threat to America’s Labour Force

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering

Roland-Otaru

et al. 2020

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The ability for individuals to effectively communicate their thoughts, ideas and feelings amongst fellow beings, is perceived as one of the greatest features distinguishing man from other living creatures on earth. The freedom to communicate such thoughts -in certain nations of the world -are perceived as one of man's inalienable rights as a free individual in the society. Consequently, scholars have propounded theories to aid explaining the trends of thought which modes of communication should follow. The proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in the 21 st century into the media industry, seem to question the very foundations on which most renowned media and communications theory were founded on. Some scholars argue that political campaign experts have taken advantage of the adoption of innovations in AI technologies in the media to manipulate man's freedom to communicate and exercise his wishes in the political arena. Consequently, the paper adopts Creswell qualitative method for research in the social science since it promotes drawing logical deductions from the analysis of propositions and theorems. The paper observes that the adoption of 21 st century AI technologies in the media industries have distorted existing theories of media/communication. Furthermore, the proliferation of AI technologies for politicking, tends to adversely violate the inalienable rights individuals have to freely communicate their political opinions during elections. Media/communications scholars are admonished to extend research directed at understanding the degree of influence which AI technology exerts on media/communication theories with the view to addressing rising concerns for mankind and the media industry.

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…By this reference is made to users of online social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Google etc., for entertainment, educations or business. Organizations who collect and make use of such data for political campaign purposes are referred to as 'Agents of AI Politicking' [9].…”

Section: Ai Politicking and Human Rights Violation Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Human Rights’ Issues and Media/Communication Theories in the Wake of Artificial Intelligence Technologies: The Fate of Electorates in Twenty-First-Century American Politics

Wogu

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering

Roland-Otaru

et al. 2020

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“…Recentstudies (Diwan,2017;Wogu,2017;SAS,2017;Tsai,Shen,Chaing,&Has,2017;Wogu, 2018)revealedthattherehavebeengreatadvancesinAIresearchanddevelopmentasseeninallthe self-drivencarsthatareoperationaltoday.EverytimeweGoogleupawordontheGooglesearch engineforinstance,AIisatplaybehindthescene-providingtheinquirerwithallrelatedandrelevant informationlearnersmayrequire.Today,machinesintheformofChartbotswhichbasicallycould standinforteachersandalsorespondtocertainkeyquestionsfromanyonemakingsimpleinquiries aboutoneformofknowledgeortheother-hasarrivedandispresentlybeingtested.Wherethese new technological innovations abound, the questions that readily follow is, the question of what tomorrows'teacherandthetraditionalclassroomswouldbedoingsincethisnewtechnologycould literarilytakeoverthesamefunctiontheteacherispaidtodo,atlittleornoextracosttotheowner? (Diwan,2017).Itisthustheopinionofmostscholarsthatallthesenewtechnologicalinnovations havecontributedlargelytochangingandrevolutionizingtheuniverseandhumanityinprofoundways.…”

Section: Artificial Intelligence Todaymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…RadicalMOOC'sbeganlargelyin2011withSabastianThrun,aProfessoratStanfordUniversity, whodecidedtoofferpubliclyandfreely,asectionofhisintroductorylecturenotesonArtificial Intelligenceviaonlineplatforms.Threemonthsafterhemadethisdeclarationandintentionpublic, studiesindicatethatoverahundredandsixtythousandstudentsregisteredonlinetoparticipateinthe course.ThisonlinemodeofdisseminatingknowledgeandinformationthroughAIpoweredplatforms wereknowntohavebirthedplatformslikeUdacity,anonlineeducationplatformsuggestedtobeone ofthelargestMOOCplatformsintheworldtoday.SincethefoundingofUdacity,otherplatformssuch asedX,Coursera,Wiz,IQ,UPEx,iversity,StanfordOnline,andEtceterahaveallemerged (Wogu, 2018).AlltheplatformsareabletorunsuccessfullybecauseofinnovationsinAIresearch.The namesofMOOCplatformsoutlinedabove,aresomeoftheexamplesofthemostprominentnames amongstalltheseveralorganizationswhorendereducationalservicesviaonlineplatforms.These differentonlineplatformshavethesameobjectivesofprovidingflexible,qualitativeandrelatively freeeducationtolearnersdesiringthem.Today,recordsindicatethat'therearefourhundredand ninety-fiveMOOC'platformslistedontheMOOCaggregatorClassCentral,anumberperceived tobefivetimesasmanyastheywere,ayearago' (Konnikova,2014).Theproblemhoweveristhat manyscholarsandcommentators (Ghafourifar,2017;Diwan,2017;Wogu,2017;Gracia-Penaivo, Remrez&Montoya,2016;Tsai,Shen,Chaing,Has,2017)nowfoundreasonstoquestionthequality ofknowledgeandeducationdisseminatedovertheseMOOCplatforms.Mostremarkableamongthe objectionsraisedontheviabilityofMOOCplatformsforrenderingqualitativeeducationisSabastian Thrun's,objectionwhoisalsothefounderoftheplatformknownasUdacity.Inhiswords:"Wewere onthefrontpagesofnewspapersandmagazines,andatthesametime,Iwasrealizing,wedon't educatepeopleasotherswished,orasIwished…Wehavealousyproduct" (Holton,2013).…”

Section: The State Of Online Education In the 21 St Centurymentioning

confidence: 99%

Artificial Intelligence, Smart Classrooms and Online Education in the 21st Century

Wogu

Journal of Cases on Information Technology

Assibong

et al. 2019

The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the education sector has largely taken over conventional classrooms and revolutionized the way education is conducted to the admiration of many. Other scholars however, believe that such early celebration of AI benefits is unfounded and inimical to the education sector since the adoption of modern AI teaching systems now raises long-term issues about the relevance of teachers and their classrooms in 21st Century AI education. The Marxian Alienation Theory was adopted for the article. The Ex-post factor method and Derrida's critical method of analysis was utilized for attaining the objectives of the article. The article faults recent attempts at eulogizing the impact of AI innovations in the education sector and on human development. Extensive research is proposed as necessary for contemporary scholars of AI and education technologist before proper appropriation can be made about its gains in education and on human development.

“…As part of efforts to reach all segments of the less privileged and isolated for their integrated development into society, research studies have intensified in various socioeconomic spheres where perceived or existential threats of alienation exist. Different types of inclusive development have emerged, such as inclusive education (Kricke and Neubert 2017), smart classrooms (Wogu et al 2019), inclusive innovation (Amaro-Rosales and Gortari-Rabiela 2016), inclusive growth (Raheem et al 2018), inclusive transformation (Liu et al 2018), inclusive industrial robotics (Wogu et al 2018), inclusive conflict prevention (Okewu et al 2019), and all-inclusiveness (Klaufus et al 2017). However, drawing the attention of stakeholders, such as governments, corporate bodies, and public-minded individuals, to the quest of harnessing the potential of these underprivileged groups is required for meaningful and productive economic activities.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Intelligent Advisory System to Support Managerial Decisions for A Social Safety Net

Okewu

Administrative Sciences

Okewu

et al. 2019

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Social investment programs are designed to provide opportunities to the less privileged so that they can contribute to the socioeconomic development of society. Stakeholders in social safety net programs (SSNPs) target vulnerable groups, such as the urban poor, women, the unemployed, and the elderly, with initiatives that have a transformative impact. Inadequate policy awareness remains a challenge, resulting in low participation rates in SSNPs. To achieve all-inclusive development, deliberate policies and programs that target this population have to be initiated by government, corporate bodies, and public-minded individuals. Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques could play an important role in improving the managerial decision support and policy-making process of SSNPs and increasing the social resilience of urban populations. To enhance managerial decision-making in social investment programs, we used a Bayesian network to develop an intelligent decision support system called the Social Safety Net Expert System (SSNES). Using the SSNES, we provide an advisory system to stakeholders who make management decisions, which clearly demonstrates the efficacy of SSNPs and inclusive development.