Coming soon: New ‘useless class’ of humans being created, as artificially intelligent machines take over everything from truck driving to fast food jobs
by: J. D. Heyes
NaturalNews.com
Monday, June 06, 2016
The Age of Robotics truly is upon us, and while this kind of technology will prove useful in any number of ways, it will also usher in a massive wave of unemployment that will destabilize scores of nations, as tens of millions of human workers are replaced by machines.
As noted by the UK’s Daily Mail, the rise of machines and artificial intelligence could very well create a much worse scenario than any doomsday movie you might have seen. Instead of being wiped out by dangerous robots that kill, humans may essentially become “eternally useless” because of the rising capabilities of AI – and whole societies may destroy themselves as billions of people around the world who only have rudimentary skills that can be easily replicated by a machine find themselves trapped in an endless cycle of hopelessness.
At least, that is according to bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari, who explores this scenario and humankind’s bleak future, as well as “the rise of the useless class,” in his upcoming novel, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow.
‘It’s true this time’
As reported by The Guardian, Harari – a historian and lecturer at Hebrew University in Jerusalem – compares the fate of humans to the doomed protagonist in the fable of the boy who cried wolf. While humans have long said that machines would eventually take over a multitude of societal tasks and employment, thus far, those forecasts remain unfulfilled. But clearly, the age of robotics is only just beginning. And the resulting dramatic societal shift will likely leave most humans aimless and unemployed, The Guardian reported.
“As the self-made gods of planet earth, which projects should we undertake, and how will we protect this fragile planet and humankind itself from our own destructive powers,” his book asks. But again, as Harari warns, these “destructive powers” have already begun to take hold.
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