By Tim Hinchliffe, The Sociable
World Economic Forum (WEF) founder Klaus Schwab announces that the theme for next year’s Annual Meeting in Davos will be “Collaboration for the Intelligent Age.”
Schwab made the announcement on the WEF Agenda blog on September 24, where he also declared, “We have already crossed the threshold into the Intelligent Age.
“It is up to us to determine whether it will lead to a future of greater equality, sustainability and collaboration — or if it will deepen divides that already exist.”
Schwab may declare that we are now in the Intelligent Age, but what type of intelligence is he actually talking about?
As we shall see, this Intelligent Age is more about the dumbing of humanity and the rise of smart technologies for mass surveillance and censorship that limits our decision-making capabilities.
“The Intelligent Age is also transforming how we live. Cities are becoming smarter, with sensors and AI managing everything from traffic flow to energy usage. These smart cities, and the smart homes within them, are not just more efficient, they are designed to be more sustainable, reducing carbon emissions and improving quality of life”
Klaus Schwab, “The Intelligent Age: A time for cooperation,” September 2024
In his latest post on the WEF Agenda blog, Schwab lists several examples of how AI and automation is outperforming human capabilities.
Some examples Schwab gives include:
- In healthcare, AI-driven systems are outperforming humans for the benefit of patients
- In agriculture, farmers are leveraging AI to optimize crop yields while manufacturers are using intelligent systems to improve supply chain efficiency and reduce waste
- Finance, one of the most conservative industries, is being upended by AI-driven algorithms that predict market movements with increasing accuracy and speed.
Again, we see the Intelligent Age as being ruled by artificial intelligence while human intelligence is driven down.
“The Intelligent Age is fundamentally altering how we communicate — both with one another and with the world around us”
Klaus Schwab, “The Intelligent Age: A time for cooperation,” September 2024
Apart from cities becoming smarter with sensors and AI, Schwab says that AI is bringing us closer together in virtual spaces and is forever changing how we communicate with one another.
For example, “AI is taking instantaneous and global communication to the next level, enabling real-time translation across languages.”
This sounds nice, but it also means that people aren’t learning new languages, they are simply using AI translators that are getting smarter by the day while we humans are getting dumber.
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