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In a world where Artificial Intelligence is slowly replacing humans in every sphere of life, a new claim has brought a sense of panic for humanity. In a major revelation, Subhash Kak, an Indian-origin computer science professor has claimed that a massive human population collapse will occur not due to Terminator-style nuclear holocaust but rather through AI replacing our jobs and as a result, only 100 million people by the year 2300.
In a conversation with UK-based daily The Sun, the Oklahoma State University computer science professor warned about the massive population decline due to the role AI will play in the near future. How Computers or robots will behave
'Computers or robots will never be conscious, but they will be doing literally all that we do because most of what we do in our lives can be replaced. Literally everything, even decision-making in offices, will be replaced. So it's going to be devastating for society and world society,' he said.
'There are demographers who are suggesting that as a consequence, the world population will collapse and it could go down to as low as just 100million people on the entire planet Earth in 2300 or 2380. Just 100 million, right now it's around 8 billion,' the professor added. Professor talks about rapid fall in population
'People have stopped having babies. Europe, China, Japan, and the most rapid fall in population right now is taking place in Korea,' he said about the population decline in European countries and China. India must build AI models to solve world challenges: Amitabh Kant
In a significant development relating to growth of AI, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said that Artificial Intelligence (AI) race has just started, and Indian foundational models will solve many challenges for the world. Kant also urged Indian companies to build better and efficient AI foundational models, as per a report carried by news agency IANS.
According to Amitabh Kant, India will use 22 languages and thousands of dialects to find solutions to many of the challenges of the world.
(With inputs from agencies)
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