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NDTV
4 days ago
- Science
- NDTV
AI May Reduce World Population To 100 Million By 2300, Expert Warns: "Going To Be Devastating"
Earth could be left with only 100 million people by the year 2300, down from the current estimated population of eight billion, owing to artificial intelligence (AI) becoming omnipresent, a US-based tech expert has predicted. Subhash Kak, who teaches computer science at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, made the doomsday prediction, claiming that the population collapse will occur not due to Terminator-style nuclear holocaust but rather through AI replacing our jobs. 'It's going to be devastating for society and world society. I think people really don't have a clue," said Mr Kak, as per the New York Post. 'Computers or robots will never be conscious, but they will be doing literally all that we do because most of what we do in our lives can be replaced,' he added. The 'Age of Artificial Intelligence' author believes that birth rates will plunge as people will be reluctant to have kids who are destined to be unemployed. Without people making babies, the global population will suffer an apocalyptic blow. 'There are demographers who are suggesting that as a consequence, the world population will collapse, and it could go down to as low as just 100 million people on the entire planet Earth in 2300 or 2380,' he warned. Mr Kak cited the example of Europe, China, Japan and South Korea where the population decline has been prominent in recent years, to back up his claim. 'Now, I'm not saying that these trends will continue, but it's very hard to reverse them because a lot of people have children for a variety of reasons," he said. AI and jobs Mr Kak's sentiment of AI taking away jobs has been echoed by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who recently claimed that 50 per cent of entry-level white-collar jobs could be eliminated within the next five years. "We, as the producers of this technology, have a duty and an obligation to be honest about what is coming. I don't think this is on people's radar," said Mr Amodei, adding that governments across the world were downplaying the threat. "Most of them are unaware that this is about to happen. It sounds crazy, and people just don't believe it." Mr Amodei said the US government had kept mum on the issue, fearing backlash from workers who would panic or that the country could fall behind in the AI race against China.
New York Post
4 days ago
- Science
- New York Post
AI could ‘devastate' Earth's population down to the size of the UK by 2300, expert warns: ‘People really don't have a clue'
Are we facing tech-stinction? An Oklahoma tech expert predicted that artificial intelligence will become so omnipresent on the planet that Earth — with a current estimated population of about 8 billion — will have just 100 million people left by the year 2300. 'It's going to be devastating for society and world society,' Subhash Kak, who teaches computer science at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, told the Sun. 'I think people really don't have a clue.' Advertisement However, the 'Age of Artificial Intelligence' author doesn't think this dystopian future will come about via nuclear war or other 'Terminator'-evoking scenarios, but rather through replacing our jobs. 3 This dystopian scene from 2009's 'Terminator Salvation' could have a basis in reality. 'There are demographers who are suggesting that as a consequence, the world population will collapse and it could go down to as low as just 100 million people on the entire planet Earth in 2300 or 2380,' Kak warned. Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection 'Computers or robots will never be conscious, but they will be doing literally all that we do because most of what we do in our lives can be replaced,' said Kak. Advertisement Currently, techsperts fear that AI is rendering humanity obsolete in every sector, from law to academia and even romance. As a result, they suggest, birth rates will plunge as people will be hesitant to have kids who are destined to be unemployed, especially given the exorbitant costs of rearing children. 3 The professor feared people wouldn't want to have children who are destined to be unemployed. AFP via Getty Images Without people making babies, the global population will suffer an apocalyptic blow, Kak theorized. Advertisement 'There are demographers who are suggesting that as a consequence, the world population will collapse, and it could go down to as low as just 100 million people on the entire planet Earth in 2300 or 2380,' he warned of the shocking drop. With only that many people left on the planet — which Kak noted was just over the population of the UK — great metropolises such as London and New York will quickly turn into ghost towns, according to the professor. 3 Passengers on the London Eye watch the London skyline as smoke is seen in the distance on Dec. 11, 2005. Getty Images Advertisement 'I have all the data in the book. This is not just my personal opinion,' said the computer scientist, who claims this population shrinkflation is happening before our eyes. 'People have stopped having babies. Europe, China, Japan, and the most rapid fall in population right now is taking place in Korea,' Kak declared. 'Now, I'm not saying that these trends will continue, but it's very hard to reverse them because a lot of people have children for a variety of reasons.' He added, 'One is, of course, social. In the back of your mind, you have a sense of what the future is going to be like.' Kak invoked the warnings of SpaceX's Elon Musk, who has been quite vocal about plummeting birth rates and population decline and has used it as a rationale for colonizing Mars. 'That's why Musk is saying maybe humans should go to space, maybe build colonies elsewhere, so that should such a tragedy hit Earth, then it could be reseeded,' said Kak. And while he's not sure whether humanity will go extinct, he said that 'what is absolutely certain is that there is a population collapse occurring right before our eyes.'
Express Tribune
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
AI-led technologies: replacing the human commander?
Listen to article Given the return of great power politics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the world falls further into strategic flux where each state struggles for its survival and territorial integrity. As this happens, the emerging technologies such as AI, quantum computing, integrated internet, speed in the form of hypersonic glide vehicles, remote sensing, lethal autonomous weapon systems, swarms of drones, anti-drones, etc, are preconceived to be the "game changer" for winning battles and wars quickly and decisively. The evolving AI-led world is called "the global third nuclear age." The proponents of AI-led technologies continue to presume that yet another revolution in military affairs appears imminent. Amidst the growing body of literature on emerging technologies, particularly on AI, many leading scholars appear to be concluding rather quickly that AI integration in the land, air and sea could transform the dynamics of warfare, endanger the survivability of retaliatory capabilities, transform the doctrinal force posturing, make the strategic rivals more offensive when it comes offense-defense dilemma, create AI-led human commander and make nuclear deterrence irrelevant. The proponents of AI argue that the lethal autonomous weapon systems in the form of "autonomous drone swarms" would be able to launch, fly, target and strike at will without having "the humans in or on the loop". In doing so, many scholars presume that AI-related weapons – while revolutionising the dynamics of warfighting strategies – would replace the traditional method of tactical and operational imperatives. Others argue that traditional weapon systems – such as artillery, tanks, aircraft and bombers – as well as nuclear weapons could be undermined by AI-related autonomous weapons. Still others equally argue that AI-related weapon systems might affect nuclear strategies and the related decision-making. For example, in the changing nature and character of warfare when it comes to AI-related technologies, Denise Garcia radically argued that "the development of AI and its uses for lethal purposes in war fundamentally change the nature of warfare." In the similar context, Kenneth Pyne also argues that "AI alters the nature of war by introducing non-human decision-making." Nevertheless, the opponents of AI-related technologies are more skeptical about the dramatic impact of these technologies in terms of winning the battles rather quickly and decisively. They question if such technologies could undermine the traditional methods of warfighting strategies bolstered with tactical and operational military tactics. They also criticise and caution the proponent of AI-related technologies that such technologies could potentially undermine the traditional warfighting military weaponry. For example, Anthony King argues that although autonomous weapons may become common, it is unclear whether such weapons will be remotely as revolutionary as many scholars routinely assume. Therefore, robot wars will not take place. When it comes to the ambitious rationale for replacing the human commander, it is not clear whether the world's evolving complex security environment could primarily have the AI-led machine replacing the human commander in the battlefield. Also, it is not clear what consequences this could have between the nuclear rivals. We do not have any strong evidence that the leading technological powers will have the machine replacing the human commander on the battlefield. Security analysts largely preconceive that the world may have a machine commander. The Clausewitzian world – which is based upon the essentials of empathy, correct decision, restraint and judgment – warned that in the "real world" composed by humans, chaos cannot simply be left to "a sort of algebra of action". This shows that "if all variables and outcomes could be known, and if war was a purely rational affair, there would be no need of the physical existence of armies, but only of the theoretical relations between them." The perceived "narrow" AI may play some role in decision-making, but there is little evidence that AI technologies without the human commander particularly in the military domain could have done enough to distinguish between the different dynamics and posturing of warfare activities. For example, Hunter and Bowen argue, "That narrow AI can play games like Chess and Go effectively, or fly a simulated aircraft, does not mean that narrow AI can be relied upon to perform command duties in war." Let's conclude with a cautious assessment: one, it is unlikely that AI-related autonomous systems could almost have limitless capacity to find, strike and destroy targets. Two, the significance of other military systems including the human military commanders could not altogether be sidelined and/or undermined. Three, AI-related weapons would favour the defence rather than the offence. Other leading scholars also question the lethality and predominance of AI-related technologies by undermining the more traditional and classic warfighting strategies. They clearly argue from the Kitsch vision of war that "we will not have a model of an AI major-general", thereby dismissing the over-ambitious possibility of AI replacing human commanders.
Ammon
17-04-2025
- Ammon
Bill Gates confirms that advanced AI could decide to eliminate humanity
Ammon News - Bill Gates has frozen the world. Well, not literally, of course, but he has raised some questions that have left us cold: What if AI decided it no longer needs us? It sounds like a Black Mirror episode, but this reflection comes directly from the founder of Microsoft, who already warned a few years ago about pandemics and other global risks that would appear in the future, and now he returns with rather controversial statements. Gates does not intend to cause alarm, but wants us to be aware that this reality could happen in the very near future, and that, although AI helps us do our kids' schoolwork, we also need to think that some things could go is Gates afraid?It's ironic that Bill Gates, who was one of the pioneers of this technological revolution we're living in, doesn't hesitate to say that he is afraid of what's coming. Every innovation that has occurred on this planet has completely transformed humanity, from the creation of the wheel to the birth of the internet. And everything, absolutely everything, has brought problems, even if it was a great if you don't take risks, you don't win, and change can go hand in hand with logic and is growing faster than we thinkAccording to Gates, we are in the first stage of the Age of Artificial Intelligence. He compares it to the early days of the automobile, when there were no traffic lights, no rules, and no one knew how to react to an accident. That's how we are right now with AI: amazed by its possibilities, but without a clear framework to control it. And here comes one of the ideas that most worries Gates and philosophers at Oxford University: the intelligence explosion. A theory that suggests that, at a certain point, AI could improve itself without human intervention at an uncontrollable speed… and not need a human to control it (or try to).But… beyond being a paranoia, it is a real (and possible) scenario that we have to disinformation and manipulated electionsOne of the most immediate dangers that we are already seeing in countries around the world: deepfakes. Videos and audios generated by AI that seem real and are almost indistinguishable from reality. This type of video and document can change the course of, for example, an election with just a 'publish' gives an example that is not so far-fetched: imagine that, two days before voting, a video goes viral showing a candidate committing a crime. Even if it's later denied, the damage would already be done, and therefore, the elections manipulated even if not as a digital weaponThe other major concern that AI generates is cybersecurity. Artificial intelligences will not only know how to detect vulnerabilities in systems… they will also know how to exploit them. The result could range from bank robberies to cyberattacks between countries…What does Gates propose for this?He proposes creating a commission or international organization that is similar to the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) but focused and specialized in AI, so that alarms go off when something steps out of what about our jobs?Regarding the impact on the labour world, Gates is not so pessimistic. He believes that, as has happened before, many jobs will disappear, but new ones will also emerge. But special attention will need to be paid to how that transition is managed, and we need to learn to use AI as a tool and not as the entirety of the above all, democratize access to artificial intelligence to avoid creating a social gap even larger than the one that already exists is not perfectAnother key point to address is that AI is not always right. It can make mistakes, generate false information or reflect human biases with which it was trained. That's why Gates insists: it's not about banning it, but about improving it, making it more diverse and educating those who use is not coming with a doomsday speech, but he is not turning a blind eye either. He knows AI is going to change everything. What is not so clear is whether that change will be positive or catastrophic. Union Rayo
Yemen Online
15-04-2025
- Politics
- Yemen Online
International Conference at the French Senate Addresses Counter-Terrorism in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Paris – On Monday morning, a high-level international conference titled 'Counter-Terrorism in the Age of Artificial Intelligence' was held at the French Senate in Paris. The event was jointly organized by French Senator Nathalie Goulet and the TRENDS Research & Advisory Center based in Abu Dhabi. The conference shed light on the growing challenges and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence (AI) in combating terrorism and violent extremism. Participants discussed how AI technologies can be utilized to enhance security and stability both locally and globally, while also exploring international experiences and the latest innovations in the field. The event featured a distinguished lineup of international speakers and experts, including: • H.E. Dr. Mohamed Hamad Al Kuwaiti, Head of Cybersecurity for the Government of the United Arab Emirates • Imam Mohammad Tawhidi, known as the 'Imam of Peace' •Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Al-Ali, CEO of TRENDS Research & Advisory • Dr. Jean-Marc Rickli, Global Risk Expert at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), Switzerland • Mr. Priyank Mathur, Founder and CEO of Mythos Labs, United States • Mr. Serge Stroobants, Regional Director for Europe, the Middle East and North Africa at the Institute for Economics and Peace, Belgium • Alongside a number of researchers and experts from TRENDS The conference brought together ambassadors, policymakers, security officials, AI specialists, and counter-extremism experts under one roof, aiming to develop shared strategies to confront evolving terrorist threats in the digital age. Among the conference's highlights was a thought-provoking address by Dr. Wael Saleh, advisor at TRENDS, who explored in depth the challenges associated with applying AI tools to counter-terrorism, particularly in countries lacking digital infrastructure or those considered technologically underdeveloped. The conference concluded with a pressing and still unanswered question: How can artificial intelligence be effectively deployed to fight terrorism in countries that lack the fundamental technological infrastructure? This question is expected to serve as a catalyst for future discussions and research in upcoming forums.
