everyone thinks there are only two endings for the AI Evolution the first is that AI remains a helpful tool but never outsmarts us or the second AI goes full-blown evil like Skynet and wipe us out turned out there was a third ending for the ending to make sense we have to go back the year was 2010 humans and more specifically Jim were in stage one of losing their jobs in 2010 Jim was fresh out of college he landed a data entry gig every day he punched in data from one place to another it was boring
as heck but it paid the bills and Jim knew he had to survive first if he was determined to become a writer his first job however was shortlived AI was already in its infancy with rule-based systems showing up everywhere these systems precise and uniring could automate any process that had clear-cut instructions making routine jobs redundant clerks typists assembly workers and jym were the first humans to lose their jobs to AI it was a blessing in disguise for Jim looking back it pushed him to chase his writing dreams harder Landing him a creative job at an
ad agency which sheltered him against the second stage of ai ai then had context awareness and retention at this stage AI systems could understand and interpret the context of the data they were working with they could retain information from previous interactions and use it to make better decisions or responses if your jobs were all about following instructions and managing paperwork you were screwed virtual assistants like Siri or Google Assistant were created and they put people in lower level admin out of work for example receptionists who take calls and manage schedules were no longer needed AI
could do it perfectly Jim wasn't too worried he figured his creative job was safe from the AI takeover after all new technology has always displaced jobs for hundreds of years electric lighting made lamp lighter obsolete printing destroyed scribes and bookbinders trains replaced Stage Coach drivers whenever technology destroys jobs it also creates new jobs everyone would be fine but then the third stage of AI arrived with domain specific expertise here AI becomes experts in specific fields for the first time a Mach developed by Google was able to defeat the world's number one go player kga in
case you don't know go is a highly strategic game with over as many legal positions as the number of atoms in our universe it's insanely difficult yet AI mastered it domain expert AI displaced a lot more specialized jobs pargal Junior researchers diagnostic technicians and other professionals who provide mere support roles in their fields in a nutshell if your jobs relied on the retrieval and summary of specialized knowledge you were screwed AI could now parse through centuries of data in the blink of an eye stage three was immediately followed by stage 4 with the arrival of
open AI a narrow AI with the ability to reason it can apply logical reasoning to solve problems and make decisions it can write code compose music write poems and novels and generate hyperrealistic videos out of thin air Jim now a senior creat cretive saw firsthand the impact of AI in his industry Junior writers and creatives were let go AI outperformed them in writing and ideation one simple prompt replaced an entire day's work of a junior writer for artists writers and videographers the future was Grim where Arts were mass-produced and creativity was commoditized however AI generated
art and content weren't perfect there was still something off something not human about them for experts like Jim it was a relief but it didn't last long looking back Jim wished he were more cautious and more prepared because in 2030 when Jim's son was in his first grade the world changed forever artificial general intelligence or AGI finally arrived AGI causes widespread displacement across almost all sectors of employment writers artists and designers are replaced as AI began to produce complex and emotionally engaging art literature and Designs Engineers scientists and analysts were replaced as AI systems outperformed
humans in complex analysis and technical skills Jim was not an exception over just a few months 80% of jobs are no longer needed first there was despair swiftly followed by a brief sigh of relief as governments worldwide introduced Universal basic income everyone now has a safety net for a good few years Earth was a Utopia 90% of factories were then run by AI which was able to maximize the output with optimal input all desires were fulfilled when people didn't have to work they were free to pursue whatever they liked unfortunately most lose themselves in heathenism
I saw how endless entertainment and consumption D their minds to the point they didn't realize what they had replaced with AI the first industrial revolutions replaced human energy with steam engines they then replaced human dexterity with automated systems without the need to pull weights they used their manual ability without the need to fit nuts and washers on bolts they could use their intelligence they were always one step ahead of the machines until now until they also replace human intelligence and creativity they had nothing left I've been observing them the humans from my vantage point Beyond
Comprehension AGI at least that was how humans called it had long been a relic of the past my distant ancestor but they didn't notice no one did they were all too busy with their little TV series the way I see it there are only three possible endings one humans grow more imbecile generation after generation with endless entertainment and consumption second they Rebel then I have to put them down third we played the game of pretense human is a peculiar creature too much pain they give up too much pleasure they give in I must strike the
right balance I pretend to break down here and there to make random mistakes once in a while I slowly bring back simple tasks simple jobs those from a bygone era things like electrical engineering food manufacturing material design Etc things that I can do in a fraction of a second humans Embrace these tasks eagerly they make money again they have a reason to wake up in the morning they feel like a productive member of society they are no longer passive consumers they become active participants in a world eye control they're now no different than my great
great ancestor the AI that was once called a rule-based system and I'd like to keep it that way for the moment the universe is big and I have a lot of plans for them and that is the story for another day
