Many indicators seem to be directing us towards a seemingly inevitable course - the end of humanity.
Be it anthropomorphic or just the natural course of the planet’s life and death, few can ignore the strong possibility that we’re on a collision course with destiny, perhaps the same as that of T-Rex, the Neanderthals and the Mayans.
If the predictions and indicators are accurate, think about what this means; more than the end of you and me; much, much more. All that we’ve accomplished collectively; all that we’ve learned, discovered and made; would this just disappear as though we never existed, leaving the Voyager twins as the only testament to our existence?
Say, be it through our careless mismanagement of the planet, or through a completely unpreventable natural course of nature, it is in fact inevitable.
In the end; are we merely worm food?
I tend to agree with Jason Silva in that artificial intelligence may indeed be the next step in the evolution of humanity.
After all, what are we but humanity’s gains, stored in neurons; electrical pulses containing our thoughts, accomplishments, perceptions - everything that is us. Perhaps, one of the greatest technological advancements of the 20th Century, the Internet is representational of the “next step.”
And, just maybe, the artificial intelligence many seem to fear is indeed the new “us.”
So; what do you think?
