AI could leave cities empty, and the world could almost be abandoned, the professor warns

Robots don’t have to rise up and destroy humanity. We may disappear ourselves.

That’s a message from Subhash Kak, a high-tech professor at the University of Oklahoma, who believes that artificial intelligence can play a major role in the quiet collapse of human civilization.

In an interview with solarKak talks about a future where major cities have been abandoned, birth rates are falling quickly, with only 100 million left on the planet. Not through the global decision to stop having children, not war or illness.

“Robots are never aware of them, but they literally do everything we do in our lives because they can replace most of what we do,” says Cuck.

Birth rates around the world are declining

According to Kak, we are already seeing early warning signs. Faced with economic instability and a tech-dominated job market, many people have decided that having children is no longer of any sense, especially in developed countries.

It is already seen in the real world, says Cuck:

• The EU has achieved its lowest fertility rate of the century in 2023.
• Japan recorded its lowest birth rate in 125 years.
• China’s population has been shrinking for the third year in a row.
• Korea has the lowest birth rate in the world.

These are not temporary issues, Kack argues. They are part of a deeper, perhaps irreversible trend.

By 2300, the collapse of our world?

If the decline continues at the current pace, Kak predicts that by 2300 (or 2380), the world’s population could fall from more than 8 billion today to just 100 million.

This is less than the current population of Mexico, Russia and Vietnam, and Spain’s 2025 estimate is barely good.

“Cities like New York and London will become abandoned ghost towns,” the professor said. solar. “The world is devastated. I don’t think people really have any clue.”

And unlike the dystopian story where machines subvert us with violence, Kak believes that the real threat is far more silent.

Risks in the AI ​​era

Called in his book The age of artificial intelligenceKak explores this vision in depth. He does not deny the benefits of AI, such as convenience, automation, and increased productivity.

But he warns of some existential dilemmas we haven’t started working on.

With AI already everywhere, Kak believes that our society can separate from nature and even from each other. And, he says, it could mean a decline in families, a weakened community, and a collapse of collapsed institutions.

So, if you agree with Kak, the AI ​​era is not about killer robots, but about losing the will to continue.

And are we still in 2300? I understand.