Rise of the Machines AI: Doom or Dawn?

The AI revolution has started, and the most unsafe place to be in any revolution is where we are—at the beginning.

Rise of the machines—a new battle for middle earth has begun. Inboxes and social media full of AI-generated slop. Cognitive warfare creating misinformation. The line between real and fake blurred, eroding trust. AI has no responsibility. Do we want it to be unlike us? Without biases, ulterior motives, agendas, and discrimination. Do we want AI to believe it has a purpose?

Losing the ability for critical thinking, diminished reasoning skills, struggling creativity and decision-making abilities against potential gains from AI. We could settle for that, but the risks are large and looming. Life revolves around conflict. It is the foundation of personal and communal growth. We wrestle with demons and fly with angels. Moments lost to love and time wasted on delusions. We all have questions, and if they are not full of conflict, then they are not the right ones to ask.

The mad dash to AI singularity fuels our doom scenarios. Evolution has been hard-earned. Do we want to give it up so easily?

AI, part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, has its predecessors during the First Industrial Revolution. Communities, who had fears, uncertainties, and asked the same questions as we do. Where did it lead them, and why is their response key to determining our opportunity for a new dawn, where we reconsider work as purpose and knowledge as more important than wisdom?