"Neural networks will never replace humans": Artemii Lebedev spoke about the development of artificial intelligence
Russian
designer Artemii Lebedev held an expert panel "Design in Digital" at
the RUSSIA EXPO. He spoke about the role of neural networks in the development
of the digital economy and why they will never replace humans.
Artemii
Lebedev noted that now the computer has become not just a performer, but an
interlocutor who can offer solutions to certain problems. According to him,
artificial intelligence and neural networks have rid people of routine, freed
them a large amount of time and have become a common element of reality.
At the same
time, the designer urged to treat artificial intelligence sensibly and not to
assume that neural networks have intelligence and infinite knowledge. According
to him, they can’t exceed the human level, because they learn on the already
accumulated array of information.
"The
ability of the human brain to come up with ideas is irreplaceable. No one, no
machine can replace a human in this. Therefore, we can relax - neural networks
will not deprive us of work," believes Artemii Lebedev.
According
to him, technology is becoming a tool that allows you to save time when working
with routine but necessary things. For example, now you don't have to learn to
draw for a long time to create a picture that can influence the audience. Thus,
the threshold of entry into creative professions is lowered - and the number of
people who are able to communicate their vision to others is growing.
"If
you have a poetic gift and you put words together well, you can describe
something in such a way that an image is formed in the viewer's, the listener's
mind. Before, it used to be good writers and poets. They put words together in
such a way that when we read them, we have our own pictures in our head: our
own neural network generates them according to the verbal description. And now
there's just the small matter left to be resolved - to teach some other
mechanical system to do it for us. The hardest thing about creativity is
conveying meaning and emotion. Everything that concerns automation, new
technologies is needed only to solve this task. The task is eternal, the need
is eternal," said Artemii Lebedev.
At the same
time, the presence of technology does not replace creativity - that's why
neural networks are worthless in themselves if they are used without the need
to convey meaning, the designer noted. However, he pointed out that we should
be happy that we live in such a wonderful time, a time that previous
generations could not even dream of.
