Incredible Technological Advances do not Guarantee a ‘Rosy Future’
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This essay argues that remarkable technological advances, including those of the AI revolution, do not guarantee a 'rosy future' for humanity. The author contends that, despite its cognitive superiority, humanity does not take Darwin's rules seriously and resembles a bacterial culture approaching the decline of its stationary phase, ignoring basic requirements for survival and doing little to reduce global risks. Prompted by a biologist's wish to wake from 200 years of cryo-freezing to see an AI-advanced world, the essay sets out impediments to such optimism: religion, which the author regards as outdated and as having failed to curb aggressive urges; superstition and prejudice; inherent aggression and hatred; imperialistic aspirations and the division of the world into competing nations, for which the author proposes a unifying international council other than the UN; overuse of energy and food resources; the return of forgotten diseases where populations refuse vaccination; nuclear and biological threats; and the obstacles to relocating humanity to another life-supporting planet. The author concludes that the accumulation of global threats and aggressive world leaders suggests that humanity may reach a dead end earlier than anticipated, that AI and robotics may in the near term increase unemployment and fraud, and that, without immediate measures to address these existential issues, the future of humanity is not promising.
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