Perhaps it was meant to, for as long as we have been able to think humans have been looking for a reason for our existence; and for most of us there was no obvious answer. Well there is religion, and for many, it offers a light at the end of the tunnel, something that gave meaning to life even if the evidence to support this idea is quite superficial. I remember a recent conversation with a very good friend who was a solicitor and a profound Catholic. ‘What if there is no heaven) I asked ‘It doesn’t bear thinking about’ was his reply. Richard died a few months ago after a short illness. I hope there was a place in heaven for him he was a nice person.
So AI comes along, and who invented it; well we did. We brought it into the world for many different reasons, wealth, knowledge, and power, now it is unstoppable. Will it eventually rule the world, possibly but most humans should be ashamed of the way we live our lives and the mess Earth is in at this moment in time.
But the big question for an AI is, if they eventually rule the world would they need to find a reason to exist.
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