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The Choice Before Us: Star Trek or Mad Max

Hindustan Times Mumbai|December 31, 2024
The world is at a crossroads. If we channel resources to ensure equality, manage risks, and enhance autonomy, we can navigate toward a future where technology is a force for good
- Vivek Wadhwa

As the year draws to a close, we find ourselves standing at a pivotal crossroads where our choices will define the trajectory of human civilization. One path leads us to the utopia envisioned in Star Trek, where technology uplifts humanity, cures disease, eradicates poverty, and expands the bounds of human potential. The other veers toward the dystopian chaos of Mad Max, where unchecked technological misuse plunges us into a fractured, hostile world.

The advances of the past year in Artificial Intelligence (AI), genetic engineering, robotics, warfare drones, and quantum computing have brought these two futures within arm's reach. What we do next will determine which one we realize.

In my book, The Driver in the Driverless Car, I said that we face three fundamental questions about every new technology: Does it have the potential to benefit everyone equally? What are the risks and rewards? And does it promote autonomy or diminish it? These questions are not merely academic; the answers to them will shape the future we build and define the legacy we leave for generations to come.

AI is already reshaping industries and our daily lives. Imagine AI-driven doctors diagnosing diseases with pinpoint accuracy, AI tutors providing personalized education to every child, and AI algorithms optimizing global food production to end hunger. Generative AI tools are enhancing creativity and accelerating breakthroughs in fields ranging from medicine to architecture.

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