Khairpur Pakistan – A Debate on “Artificial Intelligence: Its Positive and Negative Impacts on Society” was organized by the Young Peace Development Corp. (YPDC), Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur Chapter. Prof. Dr. Taj Muhammad Lashari, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences presided over the debate while Prof. Dr. Minhoon Khan Laghari, Advisor to Vice Chancellor on Academics was chief guest.
Speaking on this occasion, Prof. Dr. Taj Muhammad Lashari said this era is the era of science and technology; we have witnessed its boom. The adaptation of new trends, techniques and methods in our in our daily life and even society is called technology. He said it depends on our attitude, how we are utilizing, using and adopting it in positive way for welfare of the humanity and state. Dr. Lashari appreciated the endeavors of Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Khalil Ahmed Ibupoto for providing a learning and capacity building platform for the youth of area.
Prof. Dr. Minhoon Khan Laghari said our students possess talent, curiosity and initiative. This event is a glaring example. The students’ activism will lead for positive competition. He also commended the ideas of the students on the theme. Dr. Laghari said the topic is emerging technology. He said that this first ever Students’ Society Centre is dynamic and vibrant under the visionary leadership of incumbent Vice Chancellor.
The two groups of the students of various Institutes and Departments participated on the theme. They said that Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) impact on society is broadly debated. There are different arguments and analysis that AI improves the standard of life style by doing routine and even highly complex tasks better than humans. AI shaped life very simple, secure and more organized while its opponents argued that AI has confronts unsafe privacy risks, exacerbates racism by standardizing people, and costs workers their jobs. The AI will create lack of job security in the shape of unemployment.
Prof. Dr. Riaz Ahmed Shaikh, Prof. Dr. Abdullah Maitlo and Mir Abdul Faiq Talpur were the judges of the debate. Mr. Abdul Razaaque and others were the winner while Mr. Zeeshan and others were the runner of the debate. Dr. Syed Imran Ahmed Shah, Ms. Shumaila Rabab Rizvi and large number of students attended the debate.
Dr. Ali Raza Lashari, Incharge Students Society Centre conducted the proceedings of the debate.
