AI-The revenge of Nature

 The human species has had an unchallenged growth spurt in the world till now. With human intelligence and ingenuity we have been able to conquer many diseases which used to periodically rage and claim many hundreds and thousands of lives earlier. We have been able to predict and mitigate many natural calamities like drought, cyclone and earthquakes with advanced communications and weather prediction. If we see the history of the earth, then we find that there have been periodic episodes of mass extermination like the ice ages and meteor impact which mysteriously wiped out the existing population- like extermination of dinosaurs.

It seems that nature is a ever vigilant and watchful protector of the fragile earth which ensures that no living creature can get absolute power on earth. The human species has evolved with intelligence, ingenuity and skills which surpass any other creature on earth earlier. But now this intelligent human species has been able to create an entity which can replace  itself totally. With the advent of AI and Robots, we can do away with humans entirely. This will start a sequence of events which will bring the human population down drastically. In capitalist societies where profit reigns supreme, robots will rapidly replace human labour in factories and industries. With shortage of jobs, the populations will shrink rapidly. This is the ultimate  irony- revenge of nature on human species which prides itself for its intelligence but is foolish enough to create its own nemesis.