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Humanity and Future Technologies

Technological advances have brought humanity far
from being just another living being on planet

Earth. Be it space exploration, digital media,

communication, navigation, metrology, automation,
virtual reality, augmented reality, etc. Technology

really is the elixir of development and, certainly, the

key to our future. The future is always fascinating.
Yajour kichaenamourty However, emerging technologies and recent trends

2020-24 mt bring a sense of fear and threat for us humans in

the coming generations.
Let me start with the recent trend of the famous OpenAI-built ChatGPT AI

bot. What is claimed to be a game changer in the field of AI is slowly

degrading the human potential to think, make decisive choices, solve
problems, and gain other insights. Homework and assignments are just one

click away. This is particularly worrisome when we think about its impact on

younger generations. The very essence of learning is destroyed. With the
increasing world population and concurrently

increasing unemployment and layoffs, more than 70%

of humanity is struggling to make a living. The
introduction of AI bots like these has already replaced

the human labor force in some industries. As of now,

ChatGPT is an offline tool that uses local cloud data,

and everything is already preloaded up to 2021. It uses
the internet just to load this data from the already-

available cloud server. The work of AI is already mind-

blowing. Imagine it with the latest knowledge

connected to the internet. With the development of the
complete version, more and more robots and AI will

replace humans, leading to a slow but sure disaster.

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