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Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Mankind | by David Farrugia | Towards Data Science
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## ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | FUTURE | TECHNOLOGY

# Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Mankind

## Why the human race needs Artificial Intelligence

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Jul 14, 2021

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There are few industries in the world that are set to change the world as we know it. Artificial Intelligence (AI) dominates that list. AI has applications in almost every aspect of our life. It has revolutionized how we go about our lives and most of us do not even know it, and it won’t be slowing down anytime soon! So, why has AI become so crucial to us? Why do we need AI?

We all have seen Hollywood depictions of AI. Hollywood tends to dramatize AI as evil or the villain. There is always some kind of an evil AI ready to take over the world. Is this our doomed future? Is it humans against the machine? I don’t think so.

Asking a GPT-3 chatbot this question, we get the following reply:

The reality is that humans need AI to survive, and vice-versa. As a race, we have progressed so much that we now need AI to extend our intelligence and inspire our creativity. We have been able to build tremendous things. Anyone with access to a computer and an internet connection can read this article. How marvelous is that?

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