The threat of artificial intelligence, AI

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In the 21st Century, technology picked up speed with the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in ways that threaten humans, its creators. Starting as a tool to make work and calculations easier than before, its real threat is not so much in machines replacing humans in mechanical operations, it is in AI purporting to take over the main function that distinguishes humans from the rest of the animals: thinking.

Evidence that this attempted takeover might be succeeding is widespread in human laziness among policy makers, the judicial systems, and universities. The concern over AI’s ability to “idiotize” and control humans occupies scattered groups and individuals who raise the alarm that all is not well.