AI Under Watch – The Expert Take brings together leading experts to examine the technology, risks, ethical considerations, and implications of algorithmic decision-making. In each edition, we decode what happens behind the code and explore its real-world significance for professionals, businesses, and society as a whole.
The key question isn’t what AI can do, but what it should do—and under what conditions.
As artificial intelligence systems increasingly influence decisions in finance, insurance, healthcare, and everyday life, the need for critical oversight has never been greater.
We live in an era where Artificial Intelligence has transitioned from a futuristic promise to a transformative reality
Antonio García Rouco – CEO Algonew
From automating routine processes to generating content and predictive analytics, AI is already reshaping entire industries. Yet as these technologies grow more sophisticated, a fundamental question emerges: Is AI here to help us evolve – or to replace us? This concern isn’t merely technical, but profoundly human: Will we remain the protagonists of progress, or become spectators in a system we no longer control?.
This reflection many of us share extends beyond technology: The real challenge lies not in what AI can achieve, but in how we choose to integrate it into our lives, work, and societies. The history of progress is filled with fears of human obsolescence – from industrial mechanization to digital automation. But unlike previous waves, AI doesn’t just execute programmed tasks: It learns, infers, decides, and sometimes creates. This new algorithmic intelligence demands we redefine our relationship with machines.
Much current discourse focuses on potential job losses and work dehumanization. While understandable, this narrative misses the bigger picture. Like electricity or the internet, AI doesn’t just eliminate old functions – it creates new ones. What it cannot replicate (at least visibly) is our capacity for empathy, imagining possible futures, interpreting ambiguity, and forming human connections. These aren’t relics of our analog past, but essential skills for a human-centered digital future. AI lacks consciousness, morality, or emotional context – it doesn’t understand suffering or what it means to be human.
AI’s true value lies in amplifying our capabilities. Rather than competing with humans, it should enhance our cognitive abilities, free up time, reduce mental load, and let us focus on high-value contributions. Some of our clients, for instance, use AI customer service agents to handle 90%+ of incoming tasks faster, while humans focus on cases requiring empathy, judgment, and negotiation.In development, an increasing percentage of new code generated by companies like ours comes from generative algorithms, accelerating innovation cycles not by replacing engineers, but positioning them as code strategists and supervisors. Again, AI doesn’t replace human talent – it amplifies it.
But for this partnership to succeed, we must redesign our work systems. Automation alone isn’t enough – we need to rethink roles, segment them by skills, and create transition pathways to new professional profiles. This requires collaboration between governments, businesses, and educational institutions, combining upskilling with career conversion. We’re not just talking about adapting to change, but anticipating and leading it. Without this, AI risks exacerbating existing inequalities or creating new forms of social and labor exclusion.
The real danger isn’t AI replacing us, but us abdicating responsibility and letting the future develop without us. By actively participating in AI’s ethical, technical, and social design, we can steer its evolution toward human priorities. This requires regulatory frameworks, explainable/auditable AI, and implementations serving the common good. The question isn’t what AI can do, but what it should do—and under what conditions.
Ultimately, artificial intelligence isn’t some preordained destiny written in code. It’s a human decision – a social and technical construct. Like all decisions, it must be made consciously, with values, vision, and courage. Rewriting the future is a collective task, and now is the time to embrace it.
At companies like AlgoNew.com, we’re committed to this approach: developing responsible AI solutions centered on humans, aligned with a future where technology amplifies – rather than replaces – the best of human intelligence.
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