The future can be daunting. No one knows what is going to happen. As unknown as the future may seem, some may think they know more than others. People all around the world have opinions on what the future will bring. Some believe wars will be coming and others think there is nothing to fear.

I talked to my parents and a few of my friends from school to see what their opinion on the future was. My parents think that terror attacks will continue and maybe a potential world war 3. They were both very concerned with the future of healthcare. They both also believe that artificial intelligence will eventually take over the world.

My school friends had similar, yet different, views. There was a lot of talk about the resources we currently use and how this will affect future generations. They all agreed that with our advancements in technology, we’re becoming less reliant on ourselves and more reliant on artificial intelligence. One friend said, “I’m very scared of the future. If you aren’t scared, you don’t see the full picture.”

One thing everyone agreed with was that artificial intelligence is taking over our daily lives. Artificial intelligence is, “the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages.” In a technology review from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Paul Ford said, “The question ‘can a machine think’ has shadowed computer science from its beginnings. Alan Turning proposed in 1950 that a machine could be taught like a child.” Later in his article, he goes on to say that Brooks, a founder of iRobot and Rethink Robotics, wrote that the newest form of artificial intelligence is, “nothing to worry about for a few hundred years at least.”

Overall, the world is going to change drastically. Whether a war breaks out, terror attacks continue, or global warming becomes worse. Artificial intelligence has its benefits to the community as a whole, but is it doing more damage than good? No one knows exactly what the future is going to look like, but all anyone can do is hope for the best.