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Attributed to Isaac Asimov, but even if he didn’t say it the idea is a valid one. Humanity’s capacity to build toys is outstripping our ability to make rational decisions about how best to use them for the good of all living creatures and to limit their foreseeable damage. The catastrophical end result of a species that loved their technological toys, but absolutely had no idea what made them work or how best to use them was told in brilliant allegorical fashion by Stephen King in his novel the Tommyknockers. Humorously satirical but thought provoking tale about the dangers of our blind unthinking willingness to hand over significant control of our lives to technologies while heedless of the dangers such loss of autonomy will bring.

One of the creators of AI has sounded the same warning. Whether we heed it is up to us.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65452940

Ultimately technology is a tool like any other, and it can be used for good or for evil destruction. It’s the human being that makes that choice and that’s where the real advancement and innovation must happen for humanity to survive and progress.