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RESEARCH, ANALYSIS & TRENDS

A key thing to note is that AI will not instantaneously In my view, the reduction of the need for humans to
eliminate jobs or job functions. Using the case of work for a living should be massively positive, freeing
biological lab testing as an example, equipment which up people’s time to pursue more social, artistic,
are mostly already computerized will become more intellectual and spiritual endeavors. Imagine living in a
automated and intuitive. Lab robots will then start society where through the work achieved by
bridging the gaps between the lab equipment – be it technology, the psychology of defining one’s
carrying materials from one machine to the other, or importance, status and identity no longer relies on
keeping each equipment informed about their respective one’s career or income. While that is almost sure to be
test subjects, parameters and results. This weeds out a rocky road, given the realities of geopolitical issues
the role of a lab technician gradually as it is replaced by and income inequality, projects such as the
an integrated lab robot system that takes verbal decentralized AI movement led by SingularityNET aims
instructions directly from the scientist in charge of the to smoothen the path towards it in a democratic and
lab. Eventually, the scientist’s role will mainly be to participatory way. If a substantial portion of the world’s
rubber-stamp the AI’s suggestions, knowing that what he AI brainpower is running on decentralized networks that
needs from the AI, has been effectively executed. are owned and controlled by their participants, it is
more likely that the replacement of human labor with AI
Of course, this is not to say that there will be a will unfold in a way that is beneficial for a large
widespread of automation within all industries. While percentage of humanity. When that happens, we know
generic graphic designs can now be done with AI design that the AI revolution has reached the point of full
programs, the conceptualization of deeply creative new success. ◊
images and visual themes will remain largely in the
domain of humans, especially on highly subjective By Ben Goertzel,
matters which require a highly nuanced understanding of
consumer taste and preference. In general, one may say CEO, SingularityNET
that among the last job roles to be eliminated will be and co-creator of Sophia,
those relying heavily on novel creativity, strategic the world’s first robot citizen

decision-making, critical thinking and physical
manipulations in life-or-death situations. Yet, among
these roles, the routine and labor-intensive tasks will
most likely be automated first as that is where most cost
savings will be obtained. To put into context – there is
more money to be saved by automating car driving than
helicopter piloting, and more to be saved by automating
medical research than particle physics research.

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