The increasing evolution and use of AI has made many people worried about their future prospects. Seemingly out of the blue, work ranging from basic tasks to things that have been long considered highly creative and specific to humans are being done by AI now. These changes have left many people wondering: Will AI replace me at work? Am I going to wind up unemployed? Can AI become super intelligent, and will humans eventually lose control? Humans started developing AI to make our lives more comfortable, but for some people, these changes have left them worried that — like we’ve seen in so many science fiction movies — it could completely upend our lives.
And these fears are not just coming from everyday people worried about losing their jobs; CEOs of major corporation and researchers at prestigious universities are also concerned about AI and are trying to slow down its pace. But is AI really a danger for humans, or are people just being fearful of something new coming up?
Sadhguru: “In the next 10, 15 years, education as you know it, professions as you know it today will become meaningless, because right now they have created these machines. So, once this happens, many, many things that we are spending years on learning will be meaningless. All of you should gear yourself for this now. You must be able to do something beyond your intellect.”
“Human beings have many layers of intelligence; intellect is only a small part of it. Right now our education system is completely dedicated to the intellectual development of the human being, and we think that’s the grandest way to live. No, it is not. We can explore that if we have the time. But in the yogic way of looking at things, we look at human intelligence as 16 parts. If you explore other dimensions of intelligence, only then you will be relevant, when everything is intellectual. Intellectual means your intellect cannot function without accumulated data. Yes, or no? Your intellect cannot function without accumulated data. Is that so?”
“Now, whatever is data assimilation, analysis, and execution of that analysis, a machine will do better than you. A human being can always make mistakes, can always forge information but a machine is clear cut: it will simply do those things. So, everything that you can do intellectually will be meaningless in another 10 to 15 years’ time. So, you must be equipped with something beyond your intellect. When I say beyond your intellect, there are many ways to look at it. I will make a simplistic example.”
To develop this example, Sadhguru asks a participant what he ate for lunch, and the participant replies: “Maggi.”
Sadhguru: “You are on Maggi? Can somebody take care of his nourishment? He’s on Maggi! Okay, even if you eat the noodle, a noodle doesn’t look like him, doesn’t feel like him, nothing. But this noodle he eats, within 3, 4 hours’ time, this Maggi noodle has become a human being, isn’t it? It’s become part of the system. So, you are manufacturing such a complex machine with Maggi noodles! This is like a 3D printer. You put Maggi noodles into it… No, I’m not made of Maggi noodles, okay? I eat better than that.”
“But you put Chapati into this, this becomes a human body, this is the most sophisticated machine on the planet. You’re manufacturing this with whatever food that you eat, and the food that you eat is just the soil that you walk upon. Yes, or no? And it stands up – isn’t this a 3D printer? Does that intelligence exist within you, or not? Not even in your brain, in your gut! So, if only you found conscious access to this dimension of intelligence, you will live magically, isn’t it? Then artificial intelligence won’t disturb you. You will be very happy, because all the menial jobs if the machines do, what a wonderful world! I’m looking forward to that.”
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