Remarkable Trends in AI, Digital Currency, and More. . .

holsturr (43)in #life • 6 years ago (edited)

A couple phenomena are slated to change to world and alter the human experience as it has been known so far. Artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies are two trends that together already change how people do things – even routine day-to-day activities – on a worldwide scale. How are these trends affecting us in 2018 and how will they drive the future of people and the world?

Hi Steemians, I'm @holsturr.

For years, I've been tracking the development and implementation of AI. And, of course, many readers here are familiar with cryptocurrencies.

TLDR: Many experts, top officials, and economic leaders believe that as many as 2 out of 3 jobs will be replaced by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the next 5 to 7 years. In 2018, some of the most vulnerable professions ranged from trucker drivers to attorneys.

Also – the need for central banks to print money to maintain fiat currency systems is unsustainable and may lead to large-scale currency devaluation, including the historically stable United States Dollar ($USD). For this and other reasons, millennials and older/younger generations alike are turning to cryptocurrencies as a way to make a living, a way to store value, and a way to transact securely.

Experts agree that several occupations – from blue-collar labor to white-collar professionals – are in the process of shifting toward automation and AI control, and industries that employ millions are in a state of imminent revolution from human to automated dominance. So far, the world has seen Zume, a fully AI-run pizza parlor, and real-life predictions that Lawyer-bots could replace almost a quarter of the whole human attorney workforce.

While we’re in the midst of a revolution from human work to automated work, 2018 has also seen a revolution from fiat currencies to cryptocurrencies. Some believe that a wide displacement of the workforce will require governments to adopt a universal guaranteed minimum income, while all indicators point to a need for central banks to begin quantitative easing – a situation that would lead to people’s money, guaranteed or not, being ultimately diluted down in value (inflation).

Source: Forex Trader Magazine

Both state and corporate experts are in consensus that an occupational, economic, and social upheaval could be on the horizon. With large segments of the global population out of work, and even more primed to be replaced, as well as a foreseeable decline in the value of fiat currencies worldwide coupled with a transition into digital currencies and their correlating rise in their value, anyone can anticipate that the lives of many people may radically change – and the human experience itself may be found pushing new boundaries.