There has always been resistance to any change in this world. Status-quo is the motto of most people even if the change can improve the circumstances! Who wants to come out of their comfort zone? After some time, even discomfort and pain also creates its own comfort zone for the individuals!
For many, scratching their sores becomes a pleasant habit for them!
In the beginning of the twentieth century, there was a lot of opposition to calculators; mainly in the academics. A lot of professors come out on the roads protesting and demanding a ban on the use of calculators in the academics saying that it would negatively affect the mathematical ecosystem! However, time has turned the calculator into a most trusted ally of mathematics!
In the same way, there was a time when there was a lot of opposition to computers across the globe in almost every section of society. The use of computers was also opposed saying that it would eliminate people's jobs by increasing the use of machines in the industries (automation) but it proved very wrong. Rather the use of computers has increased the number of jobs unprecedentedly creating many new industries and jobs. The only difference it has brought in is that it just changed the very nature of jobs! Today there is a huge demand for high skill jobs in the market instead of low skill jobs.
Today AI (Artificial Intelligence) is also being opposed by so many people. Rather, there is a very strong sense of fear all around that artificial intelligence will eliminate a lot of work related to the human brain and most of the manual work in the economy! Not only this, but there is almost a consensus that AI will control the way people live and the way they think!
To some extent it is true that with the help of artificial intelligence, industries are able to affect the consumption and expenditure decisions of the consumers. Indirectly the companies are able to affect the consumption choices of the people using artificial intelligence and psychology to a huge extent. But when we look at the broader picture, artificial intelligence would never be able to control the brain of human beings irrespective of how strong the power of artificial intelligence is! It will never happen. Artificial intelligence will also need the human brains and a plenty of human brains to keep on evolving! But remember that human beings and their brains are also evolving. So there cannot be a competition between the human brains and artificial intelligence. All that can happen is that artificial intelligence would change the nature of jobs and the way we live the way computers did!
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