It is not a topic of discussion or a headline-grabbing issue Only In albania. the issue is topical, but the answer in democratic societies comes through policies based on well-verified studies.

Creative work always comes through painstaking efforts. Hours spent staring at the blank page, projects being rejected and starting over again. In short, every creative work and every project requires time and dedication. Can Artificial Intelligence change this? Can we have a product without work and without effort? Can Artificial Intelligence replace humans?

A recent study by Harvard University concludes that, although Artificial Intelligence has made our lives significantly easier, it cannot replace humans nor can it serve as a panacea for human flaws.

Certain elements of the human work process can be delegated to Artificial Intelligence. However, in cases where the work is directly related to individual, legal responsibility or intellectual property, Artificial Intelligence cannot replace humans.

Artificial Intelligence requires the preparation of human resources and a high institutional culture, which we often lack. Its use, without creating a system based on knowledge and meritocracy, does not free us from either corruption or maladministration. It is better to focus on how Artificial Intelligence can improve our work in a specific aspect or sector. The world knows many such examples: discoveries in the field of drugs, proteins or medicine.

Thanks to technological developments, anyone preparing a law, special documentation for a competition, writing an article or a book, can do it faster with an Artificial Intelligence “co-author.” For example, I have called on Artificial Intelligence to improve a job that could have taken me days or weeks.

While Artificial Intelligence has improved it in just a few seconds. I deliberately considered it a “co-author” because it is not just about writing. Everything starts with thinking. Therefore, in no case can human responsibility be transferred, because human judgment remains irreplaceable for society.

That is why we must encourage education that develops human capacity by reading for ourselves, for example a specific text, and not taking it ready-made from Artificial Intelligence. We must fight complacency and policies that are offered as skills acquired thanks to skills alone.

Young people must be motivated to maintain the level of human perfection made possible by previous generations, even if it is tempting to “give it up.” We must find ways to focus on living a human life, without undermining it, by improving standards through the appreciation of knowledge and human effort rather than by running after harmful experiments.

Ditmir Bushati
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania