So, I got to know about a book named “21 lessons for the 21st century” by Yuval Noah Harari (Author of Homo Sapiens).
In my case, I would like to accept that, yes I judge a book by its name or cover and this book’s title caught my attention…
Immediately told one of my friends to check out this book, till then I had only read its Introduction, by 2–3 days I purchased that book after convincing my parents a lot about it…(as exams were approaching)
Somehow I managed to purchase it and I started binge-reading that book…
The only word that came to my mind for this book was: The Visionary Book!
In this book, Yuval Noah Harari sir has given his views that how AI will change everything in the future and even in the present! (Concentrating on one particular segment of the book)
Reading the very first chapter of the book named — “ The Technological Challenge” something came to mind that I would like to share with you guys…
Everybody is talking about AI …AI this…AI that… Yes, I am not saying that they shouldn’t be talking about it, just that they don’t have the complete idea of WHAT AI IS! no one knows, unless someone has worked on it …like properly, step by step and has provided some output to the society..and for others, it is like …let me get you straight …it is like sex, Yes!! No one knows about it, but everyone talks about it enthusiastically…
Well, I and some of my friends participated in an AI-based virtual internship where once in the group we were discussing and one of my friends told that AI is everywhere, God has created this process of childbirth, where a child gets programmed in the mother’s womb and when it gets deployed, we…i.e humans train that little program to speak, walk, eat, etc. and then when it reaches a certain age, it himself/herself starts learning things.
I fear this process is increasing the human population on earth. (so now we are searching whether we can live on mars or not!! how funny is that..)
But, it can automatically be controlled by AI itself…wondering how!!
Well, just as little kids learn on their own, you all( As some of them always keep talking about AI) must have known the term “self-learning”, i.e for instance, let us take 2 algorithms, where one algorithm can feed another algorithm and can make it learn! Through this process, at most, it can create another algorithm(machine) and that one can create another and the chain keeps on increasing (not necessarily in the same field).
I was one day wondering what these machines will do …if it keeps on multiplying like this with mind-blowing innovations.
The first thing that came to my mind was….humans need to stop multiplying…..please stop fucking or please take protection(that probably AI only would have made….ignore my language but try to understand my point) …Why am I telling you this, there will continuously be some new technologies, and… they will take away our jobs!!! they will make us unemployed because the education that we are getting right now is already of no use and who knows which skills will be useful in say 2050… They(machines) will be so precise that no one will keep humans as their employees, they will simply own a machine that can work the whole day/ night and simultaneously will be able to multiply in considerable amounts in 9 months!!!
I am not saying that it is a danger to human society, come on those who keep the debate on AI as a boon or bane are idiots!! because he/she cannot live without AI and at the same time AI will take away his/her child’s future…
The thing I am trying to convey is everything has its advantages and disadvantages and most of the youth are enthusiastic about AI, they should be!! but they should know it completely …knowing something’s disadvantages can bring some great solutions in the future for those problems…
The only thing that came to my mind was…Like in China… they have restricted to one child/family, in the future, the government has to take some control over this “self-evolving” technology…like these are the fields where we don’t need machines….(Kya pata aisa naa bhi ho and kuch innovative solution nikal ke aaye)…
So either control the human population or the Machine population.
Everything has its profit and loss…
Machine: profit > loss but the loss should not be neglected.
Thank you for your time!