◎ Xiao Xihui
Artificial intelligence is gradually entering the daily life process from a "tool to answer questions".
The real life of AI is not about how many questions you ask AI every day, but how many daily chores can be completed with the help of AI and digital systems.
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From answering questions to proactive execution
When I receive an event notification, I can let AI organize the time, location and content, and then add it to the calendar without having to enter them one by one. When you are ready to go home, you can also use mobile phone positioning, automation and smart home devices to turn on the entrance lights and living room air conditioner as you approach your home.
The bigger change is that AI is moving from “passive answering” to “active execution”.
AI Agent assists in processing work, and AI is moving from "passive response" to "active execution". Schematic diagram. (Reuters file photo) In the past, you would think of a question and then turn on the AI to ask; now you can set the AI Agent to perform tasks according to time or conditions. For example, I search for important information on the international, Taiwan, technology and financial markets every day, sort out the five most relevant events from a large amount of information, and proactively provide summaries.
This is an important change in AI Agent: from "I ask you questions" to "I set goals and you continue to help execute them."
The same goes for everyday transportation. When taking a bus, the OBU (On-Board Unit) on the bus obtains location and operating information and transmits it to the back-end for processing via the Internet. Finally, the mobile phone only needs to tell the passenger: "The bus will arrive in three minutes." Behind the simple numbers is the joint operation of positioning, communication, cloud and data processing. AI can also assist in prediction and analysis.
Private cars are also increasingly connected to the Internet. Many new cars are now equipped with equipment such as T-Box (Telematics Box). Some car owners can check the car's location, door status, fuel level or battery through the original App. Some can also remotely lock, unlock or start the air conditioner.
Complex technology finally turns into a simple life experience: turn on the phone and know where my car is.
At night, you can also have a natural language conversation with the generative AI to review today, organize tomorrow's work, discuss problems, or just chat.
Therefore, a day may become: AI organizes the calendar in the morning; goes out to check when the bus will arrive; AI Agent sorts out five major events during the day; automatically turns on the lights and air conditioner before going home; the phone knows where the car is; and chats with the AI about the day before going to bed.
Not all of these functions are AI, some come from GPS, mobile communications, sensors, cloud and automation. The value of AI is not to replace these systems, but to make originally scattered data and services easier to understand, predict and use.
AI enters daily life and privacy behind convenience
The real change is that these technologies, which originally operated independently, are gradually being integrated with AI into a smart living environment.
In the past, people had to learn how to operate computers; now, people are increasingly able to directly state their needs, and then AI and digital systems assist in completing them.
AI is gradually becoming a part of the life process from a tool that needs to be specially opened and "used". This is "AI is life, and life is AI."
However, convenience has another side: many smart services require data.
AI is gradually becoming a part of the life process from a tool that needs to be specially opened and "used". This is "AI is life, and life is AI." (Photo by this newspaper) What we get is convenience, but behind the convenience, there is often a piece of information left behind; when the information is accumulated for a long time, it may gradually spell out our lives and privacy.
(The author is a freelance writer)
