International Research Journal of Education and Technology

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the nature of almost everything which is connected to human life e.g. employment, economy, communication, warfare, privacy, security, ethics, healthcare etc. However, we are yet to see its evolution in long-term, whether it’s leading humanity towards making this planet a better place to live or a place which is full of disaster. Every technology has its advantages and disadvantages, but advantages always outweigh disadvantages for the technology to survive in the market. Nonetheless, for Artificial Intelligence we are not yet sure whether in the long-term positive effects will always keep outweighing the negative effects and if that is not the case then we are in serious trouble. If we look around us, on the one hand, we seem to embrace the change being brought by technology, be it smart home, smart healthcare, Industry 4.0 or autonomous cars. On the other hand, we often found ourselves protesting the government in the context of unemployment, taxes, privacy etc. As AI development is speeding up, more robots or autonomous systems are being born and replacing the human labour. This is the current situation; however, in long-term, results seem to get more interesting. The current paper tries to investigate and weigh the pros and cons of AI on human survival and analyse whether the direction towards which we are moving will make AI a boon or bane for the society and mankind. The paper is based on secondary source of information collected from various reliable websites, books, journals and research papers along with personal observations made during day-to-day life.

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Humanity, Technology, Human Survival.