We’ve heard a lot about the concerns of a world integrating and improving upon artificial intelligence.

But there are those who see benefits.

What You Need To Know

  • While being cautious with AI, experts said people should consider using it to their advantage

  • Experts said it could help the medical field by providing information based on the input of thousands of doctors

  • It could also make everyday life easier for users

An engaged crowd at a recent artificial intelligence roundtable at Mohawk Valley Community College came with a number of questions.

Interest was certainly there, and so were concerns; privacy and job security, just to name a few.

Charles Green, the president and CEO of Assured Information Security, which specializes in cybersecurity and information security capabilities, said his favorite benefit of AI is how it takes some tasks that typically require specialized skills or training and enables anyone to do them.

“Great examples would be putting the ability of doing software coding in the hands of somebody is never formally trained or possibly doing image generation or video generation and giving that to people," Green said.

Experts said AI could also provide medical professionals or users with information based on the input of thousands of doctors.

While there are pros, there are also cons. Green said the concerns people have are healthy hesitantancies.

“There’s little to no regulation surrounding it. It's permeating every aspect of our society right now," he said. "We need to be aware of it. We need to understand the impacts of how it impacts individuals, and as we begin to understand it, legislation and ethics can be brought into the process in order to help protect people. But right now, it's a little on the wild side.”

There was also discussion at the event about schools teaching kids how to properly use AI.