Algorithm Almighty

Algorithm Almighty? By Mark D. Stucky Will AI’s promise outweigh its peril? Do we need more intelligence even if it is not our own? If AI someday emulates God or Devil, will it be too late for us when we find out? In spite of unquantifiable questions, almighty algorithms relentlessly grow. But accelerating AI worries me less than declining human collective wisdom. After centuries of expanding knowledge, people now appear increasingly foolish. Machines continually get smarter while populations keep acting dumber. We might have more to fear from how we harm ourselves, as we continue endless conflicts, than from any ill AI causes us. Our most dangerous menace isn’t AI. The deadliest threat to us…is us. (See also my poems “Haikus Against AI” and “Weapons of Wonder.”) (Image from anonymous artist on pixabay.com/illustrations/man-face-surreal-imagination-845847/.)