Ethical Analysis and Critical Thinking Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Questions: 1.What is the human impact on the use of drones? 2.Is artificial intelligence a threat to humanity? Answers: Issues of Fairness and Justice and the Right Thing to do 1. Drones, also referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are widely used and they have positively and negatively impacted humans. Some of the advantages that emerge in the use of drones include their low costs, lethal, low risk, accuracy, life saving and long hours of operation. In comparison to use of airplanes, drones are cheaper while purchasing and do not require high maintenance and fuel costs. In the same way airplanes are used in lethal purposes, drones similarly cause much destruction. Drones are less risky in their usage than airplanes. Even at very far distances, drones have high pinpoint accuracy (Lee, 2016). They save life more since one does not require to be in combat. In comparison to airplanes, drones can stay in operation for many hours without a pilot. Some of drones negativities include limited abilities, easily operated, loss of human lives, and disruption of personal and work life. Most ethical implications lie on the negatives of using drones. For instance, drones get a birds eye view in ways that traditional surveillance forms could not have done. This becomes unethical when they do so without approval. With the increased numbers of drones on the sky, peoples privacy is greatly interfered with against their constitutional rights. When drones are taken by enemies, a lot of damage is caused as more human lives are lost. Fairness and justice can be maintained by ensuring that peoples lives are not affected negatively. Policies should be designed to ensure that peoples privacy is always maintained. For instance, use of drones for surveillance should not be permitted without search warrants. The right thing to do in the issue of drones should be to allow them to operate but ensure that there are regulations that ensure that people are not negatively affected. 2. Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently widely used. A lot is also being said on AI. For instance, there is the mention of killer robots, AI taking jobs, algorithms diagnosing and curing cancer, perfect players of poker and self-driving vehicles. AI has shown its ability to solve biggest challenges of human beings. Most people have also come to relate AI with robots as a result of science fiction. Any mention of AI raises images of robots that are humanlike with physical and mental capabilities. However, this should not be what people should fear about, there is more to artificial intelligence. AI has negative impacts on human beings and the right thing to do would be to regulate its usage. Some of the most prominent people on the face of the earth have also stated that AI should be controlled. Individuals like Bill gates, Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk argue that if AI is not controlled and regulated, there are high chances that it would wreak havoc in the near future (Sainato, 2015). Currently, there are billions of individuals with AI control. Being in possession of AI is as powerful and as simple as having a smartphone two decades ago. Humanity is headed to an environment that is risky if companies that have enormous resources are not controlled. Artificial intelligence might take up every human beings task and be better than them. They might cause harm and more death to human beings through accidents if there is no early control. However, it would be unethical to stop artificial intelligence technology from advancing. The most important thing should be to consider every advancement and create policies to regulate them. References Lee, S. P. (2016). The Ethics of Current Drone Policy. International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 30(1), 115-132. doi: 10.5840/ijap201662362 Sainato, M. (2015). Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates Warn About Artificial Intelligence. Observer. Retrieved 8 October 2016, from https://observer.com/2015/08/stephen-hawking-elon-musk-and-bill-gates-warn-about-artificial-intelligence/