Artificial intelligence and natural backwardness

The year 2023 could be the year in which artificial intelligence will change many professions and many fields forever

December of the year we are leaving behind marked two important and contradictory events: while the state of Kosovo was threatened by barricades and protesters who tried to enter from Serbia into the territory of Kosovo, in another part of the world the most important event on the planet was taking place , the final of the Soccer World Cup, which was watched by billions of people.

In the month of December, while in Kosovo the main topic was femicide, where women are killed with axes and bullets in front of the doors of Gynecology, and where health is collapsing and the education system produces illiterate people with diplomas, in the country beyond the Pacific, in the USA, yes chatGPT, an artificial intelligence program, which is now revolutionizing our online and real-life relationships, made a big splash. Artificial intelligence programs are expected to render obsolete or fundamentally change the work of many professionals.

Among them, my profession as an analyst, opinion columnist or columnist. What does anyone need my opinion, columns and analysis when an artificial intelligence program like chatGPT can generate answers and analysis much faster and more accurately? If I ask this artificial intelligence (AI) program to write a column about Kosovo, within two seconds it starts writing a column, which contains 296 words and includes all geographical, economic and political characteristics. This column written by IA shows that Kosovo is a landlocked country that declared its independence from Serbia in 2008 and has been recognized by about 100 countries, but has not yet secured recognition from important countries in the Security Council. , like Russia and China. IA also summarizes the main arguments for and against the independence of Kosovo, shows the most important economic sectors and the challenges regarding corruption and the rule of law.

If I ask about the performance in the governance of Vetëvendosje and Prime Minister Albin Kurti, IA's answer is diplomatic, showing that the government has shown some results in terms of the fight against corruption, changing the legislation, limited measures to help small and medium businesses , but the government has faced accusations of authoritarianism, disregard for opposition voices and conflict with the international community.

As for the situation in the north of Kosovo, in 234 words IA gives a basic and concise description of the inter-ethnic problems, the influence that Serbia has on the Serbian population, how parallel structures undermine the extent of sovereignty from the institutions of Kosovo and how until now efforts to resolve this dispute have been unsuccessful. But IA's advice is that the parties should work towards reaching a comprehensive final agreement.

If you are interested in understanding the main achievements in sports, within seconds IA generates an impressive essay telling about Kosovo's membership in UEFA and FIFA, the successes of judokas in the Olympic games, individual combat sports where Kosovars have traditionally shown success. In the question to list the prominent figures of the world scene who originate from Kosovo, IA lists from Dua Lipa to Alketa Xhafa-Mripa.

If I ask about the state of the media in Kosovo, IA will generate a 230-word analysis within a few seconds in which it is shown that Kosovo has a fairly diverse media environment, but that faces numerous problems of independence, self-censorship and intimidation of journalists.

And in this whole 'conversation' what is most impressive is that the answers are almost one hundred percent correct. The only concession that IA made during a day of conversation was the one that portrays the late filmmaker Artan Minarolli as an artist from Kosovo and not from Albania. But, even in this 'mistake' I learned about Artan Minarolli and his film activity for the first time.

A tool like this, accessible to everyone, will completely change the way teachers evaluate student and student work; how patients receive a health diagnosis, how designers will work in the future, how programmers will perform their work, up to how lawyers will prepare cases for courts.

AI is transformative because the focus will shift from the one who possesses knowledge to the one who knows how to ask the questions. When we are living in a transformative age, how can the past be used as a guide for the future? Unlike analysts and columnists, part of whose job is to play the role of oracle to some extent, IA refuses to enter into analyzes that contain predictions about the future, noting that such predictions are historically inaccurate.

And this rapid development in the field of artificial intelligence will necessarily be transformative for Kosovo as well. But the IA will not be able to remove the barricades on the northern roads. In addition to the hope that 2023 will be the year of concluding the negotiations with a comprehensive final agreement, we can only hope that 2023 will be the year when the institutions of Kosovo understand the depth of the mud we have entered as a society and how AI can be used for the transformation of many fields, starting from the education system.