I'm Going to Make a Huge Prediction

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22. I agree with you, but I do it coming from a different angle.

I don't think AI is going to directly replace mass numbers of jobs. I think those jobs will be eliminated by corporations and businesses and AI will be used as the Scapegoat. Meanwhile, anything that once resembled customer service will be lost forever, as we've been losing it in pieces ever since they came out with a way to use the robotic voice over the telephone. I was in IT since I was in my 20's. I knew where this heading way back then... and you didn't have to be a genius to see it. All you had to do was take into account the greed of (especially) millionaires, and you could make an educated guess when and where it all started.

I do NOT like AI... I don't trust AI. I don't think it'll ever take over from the human being because at issue is that AI doesn't have an intelligent, creative bone in its code. It takes all its cues from humans and human history. It's nothing unless it's fed the data already done and accumulated by humans. I think it degrades and demeans anything of beauty and creativity. And it certainly doesn't have a soul, which is some of the extremism I've seen written around these programs.

I DO believe that they can be utilized to do good things. I don't think that will be the overwhelming use of them, however. Unless someone can convince me otherwise, I don't believe they were built altruistically with a human need in mind... such as medical, etc. That is where AI could shine - in diagnostics, etc. No... I believe most fervently they are being built to put normal people out of a job and to reduce population numbers. Just look at who our "Tech Bros" are and you can see it in their upbringing... White, South African Apartheid enthusiasts and victors. They have no use for normal people. Hell, they really have no use for anyone who isn't north of being millionaire!

JMO... YMMV, obviously.