Is AI Taking Over the World?

An Opinion Piece to accompany On the Shoulders of Transformative Technology

BY HAROON PAREKH

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made tremendous progress in recent years, and it continues to transform the world around us. Technology is currently so advanced that we can transfer money instantly anywhere in the world, search for practically anything on the Internet using search engines like Google, and ask Alexa anything and expect her to be accurate 91.4% of the time.

With further advancements, humans will be encouraged to “upgrade” by getting implants that allow us to do things like opening and closing doors with our minds and uploading our brains to the cloud. Humans might even evolve into some sort of cyborg (half human, half robot).

If not regulated and developed safely, howe-

Will AI Wipe Out Humanity?

ver, technology may become an existential threat to humanity.

Since Open AI’s ChatGPT was released in November 2022, people around the world have been eyeing AI with a mix of excitement and impending doom. The fear of robots taking over human jobs has been a concern for years.

I think the impact of AI will be massive. I am optimistic that our institutions will adapt and that many of us will find artificial intelligence a help rather than a problem.

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