AI optimism

Most of the world seems to be getting more terrified about AI. It’s the same old fears that are reverberating throughout the population. AI will take our jobs. We are headed for a dystopian society where we can’t think for ourselves. The world will be run by a select few elites. AI will eventually kill us.

I really do understand the fears to a certain degree. No one likes to think that their career which they’ve built over many years may be taken away by AI. And there will be some serious negative consequences that come out from AI. I’ve thought about all of them as well and how myself and my family may be impacted. I’m human afterall.

However, I truly deep down believe that everything is overblown by multiple levels. Like any new thing, we are overestimating the negatives and underplaying the positives. The one thing AI cannot be is human. For that reason, it will never take over.

I choose to focus on the positives which means a better life in where AI eliminates draining work in our lives. Whether that means that I will continue on in my chosen career path, or pivot to doing something different is yet to be seen and that is the part of life that can be exciting if you let it be a positive.