Necessity is the mother of invention and this invention of creating new things to make life simpler is becoming an incentive to human growth and progress. In this fast pace world where everything is getting digitalized, AI has become an indispensable part of our lives. AI also known as industrial revolution 4.0, has not only changed how we do things but also what we know about ourselves. 

AI has many definitions but the most common understanding of it will be, an intelligence designed by humans and demonstrated by machines. We enjoy life much leisurely today all because of the contribution of technology. 

Technology and its advancements have created a world where non-human systems, commonly known as machines, can do things better than previously only what humans could do. This ubiquitous technology has become a part and parcel of our life and now governs most of our actions. The capabilities of non-human systems will continue to expand. The impact of technological advancements can be seen in every field of life but it has brought most changes to our society and its living. As time goes, the lines between online and offline will be seen blurring. It used to be easy to distinguish between technology and non-technology. Technology will be seen disseminating in the world around us in objects and artifacts that we never thought of as tech before, such as smart houses with smart appliances and public spaces in smart cities dense with sensors. 

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AI is also breaking into the healthcare field, supporting doctors in diagnosing, locating disease sources, offering various treatment options, doing surgery, and determining whether the sickness is life-threatening. Surgeons at the Children's National Medical Centre in Washington recently showed surgery with an autonomous robot in recent research. The scientists supervised the robot while it performed soft-tissue surgery and stitched a pig's gut together, claiming that the robot did a better job than a human surgeon.

Today we see the high-profile examples of AI including autonomous vehicles (such as drones and self-driving cars), medical diagnosis, creating art, playing games (such as Chess or Go), search engines (such as Google search), online assistants (such as Siri), image recognition in photographs, spam filtering, predicting flight delays…etc.

All these new techs have reduced human error and saved hard work. To err is human and it is quite unavoidable. After long hours of work and fatigue we are bound to make few mistakes but these errors at workplace sometimes have a huge impact, fortunately these non-human systems are not affected by fatigue or distracted by emotions and hence have proven to do the job better than humans.

These non-human systems have reduced the difference between physical presence and virtual presence. Today doctors can treat and talk to patients from anywhere around the world. Health professionals can move around and interact almost as effectively as if they were present. 

All of these things have made life stress-free and efficient for us that we have become accustomed to them and take them for granted. AI has proven to be absolutely indispensable, despite the fact that it is not strictly necessary; without it, our world would be in turmoil in many ways today.

With great power, comes great responsibility. Although AI is improving it is necessary to make sure that it doesn’t become so proficient at doing the job it was designed to do that it crosses over ethical or legal boundaries. As much as technology has benefitted us, there are a few negative impacts that can’t be ignored. Due to the accuracy and time optimization of machines, humans are being laid off, people are losing their jobs to non-human systems. 

The fact that these non-human systems have the capability to do anything and everything has put forth a challenge to the humans to find a passion with new responsibilities that require their uniquely human ability, without which making a living is going to be challenging. 

We generate more data today than we did previously. when this data is caught, captured, and sorted, those who own and control it have an insight into our lived experience beyond anything anyone in the past could have imagined, into what we think, what we care about, how we feel, where we go, what we buy, who we speak to, what we say, what we do on any given day, and who we associate with. These items create a trail that provides a glimpse into our spirit. This is a kind of power itself, albeit subtle but important.

Our dependency on third parties has baited us into sharing our personal data with them but how sure are we that this data isn’t used without our consent? or how secured and confidential is their data sharing system? Artificial intelligence algorithms are powered by data. As more and more data are collected about every single minute of every person’s day, our privacy gets compromised. With such less scrutiny, no surety and vague data privacy laws comes the biggest question ‘How to effectively use technology without crossing an individual’s privacy?’. This is where we must understand the importance of setting up principles and guidelines of AI bioethics so as to maximize the benefit to progress from this new intelligence. 

Artificial intelligence's transformational impact on our society will have far-reaching economic, legal, political, and regulatory repercussions that we must examine and plan for. The biggest challenge to government here will be formulating laws and guidelines and most importantly decide on the most important question - Who should be held liable if a machine makes an error? The issues include determining who is to blame if an autonomous vehicle injures a pedestrian and managing a worldwide autonomous weapons race, to name a few.

Unless we choose to live remotely and never plan to interact with the modern world, our lives are significantly going to be impacted by AI. It is here to stay in our world and the most efficient thing to do will be enforcing bioethics and laws so as to optimize this intelligence. Although AI designers can construct AI to act as a human being by loading all information, data, and programmes into it, it is still a computer and a tool. Without true human feelings and the ability to commiserate, AI will always be AI. As a result, AI technology should be developed with considerable prudence. As Von der Leyen said in White Paper on AI – A European approach to excellence and trust: “AI must serve people, and therefore, AI must always comply with people's rights…. High-risk AI. That potentially interferes with people's rights has to be tested and certified before it reaches our market”.