Do you remain human or become more human? The meaning of life in the era of artificial intelligence

Mohammed Al-Shayazami-Doha

Scientists are racing against time to understand what it means to be a human being, who not only lives in a technologically advanced world, but is constantly subject to adjustments that suit his living conditions and harmonize with his surroundings, and prepares for a future that will inevitably be linked to artificial intelligence technology.

In an era in which medical science, genetics, and biology merged with information technology, scientific and philosophical questions exploring the redefinition of man and life are reproduced, and voices calling for the need to reconsider the areas of contact between science and moral principles are raised, and the development of new scientific concepts and standards that do not contradict the future and development of man, As long as she is able to map out his thinking and read his healthy future, hereditary mutations, and rare diseases that may threaten him.

In the "Night of Ideas" symposium organized by the French Cultural Institute in Doha and the Musheireb museums, entitled "Reflections of Effects on us as a result of digital developments and genetic mutation ... Do they remain human or become more human?"

The symposium touched on a number of aspects and challenges that affect understanding human life and its future, and how artificial intelligence technology will change man’s view of science, after using it to dismantle many of the mysteries that confused science.

Life code or vice versa?
In an illumination of one of the advanced scientific discussions, it appears that information technology has created a state of overlap between biology and the fields of medicine, and it is possible to say that it has become the science of information actually.

And artificial intelligence technology that seeks to mimic human jobs or replace technological means has reinforced the desire to compensate for what we can do as humans without much effort.

But the overlap between biology and information technology raises many questions about the meaning of the human body becoming just information, and how it can determine its existence and redefine its functions through data and data.

In the context of biotechnology, a new controversy looms about the possibility of reducing a person’s life to a code that is read in his present and future, as the essence of the body becomes information, which stimulates the creation of new, improved and artificial aspects of life, in search of the best or most human person.

And if this research calls for the disintegration of the human body and mind to information frequencies mathematically analyzed by employing digital technology, and interfering with the structure of the brain and controlling human functions and performance, it still collides with a traditional definition of a person, rejecting his abbreviation in a set of adapted mathematical and graphical data in the form of algorithms, In exchange for scientific cries that yearn for post-humanity or above humanity.

Artificial intelligence and medicine
The use of artificial intelligence in medicine raises high hopes for improving treatment services, through the programming of computers to simulate human intelligence and machine learning, where scientists are working on developing algorithms that help them in making decisions related to cancer treatment, for example.

The researchers also hope that computers in the future will be able to analyze radiographs and distinguish between cancerous tumors that will be able to respond well to chemotherapy and those that will not be treated.

According to recent scientific reports, the work of artificial intelligence will focus on analyzing vast amounts of human-related data, and can be collected from multiple sources, including electronic medical records with insurance companies, criminal records, and even from social media, to obtain information about the health and psychological state For the individual, but the human decision will remain necessary.

Also, artificial intelligence systems will be an important player in individual genetic modification by 2021, and it is one of the areas in which machine learning develops by studying the full set of genes within the organism, and defining the nature of the various diseases that can affect humans, either consecutively or on mutations. .

Dr. Khaled Fakhro, Director of the Micro Medicine Program at the Genetics Laboratory at Sidra Hospital Doha, believes that there are many ideas of artificial intelligence that can be applied in the field of genetic medicine, as we are on the threshold of a new stage, in which the database will expand, and the technology of artificial intelligence will be able to dismantle areas of mystery in Man and his future.

In a statement to Al-Jazeera Net, Fakhro expressed his optimism to expand the investment base in these medical and scientific fields because it is a window to the future, as investments in research development programs in this medical field do not exceed the 2% threshold.

Technology and values
This relationship formed a branch of contemporary philosophy, within what is called the definition of "technology ethics" (technical), which specializes in linking moral issues with patterns of artificial intelligence, but the question is whether modern technology can compensate a person in making decisions with these human and emotional loads, and what are the limits Robot error, for example, during surgery and accounting mechanisms.

In a survey recently conducted by "Deloitte" in the United States, on a thousand and four hundred executives familiar with the areas of artificial intelligence, he revealed that one of the biggest challenges facing artificial intelligence lies in the moral field.

Thus, ethical issues and the societal implications of artificial intelligence must be identified in order to properly manage the risks of artificial intelligence and develop policies that take into account the values ​​of society.