AI : A threat to human power? -- Isaac Asimov and his 'The Feeling of Power'
The Feeling of Power , which was published in 1958 . is set in the distant future ,where the people have already forgotten all their basic skills such as calculations and rudimentary skills including counting. It is implied that learning of coding has become too prominent and vital with the dominance of AI and computers in each and every field, and so such basic skills are not considered essential. Thus, this shows the defections caused in other fields, while the particular field of AI is perpetually given attention. While contemplating the expediting potential of AI, it is crucial to give a thought about the way it ruins the independence of men. As the title indicates The Feeling of Power is sensed by a man only when he is independent, and relies on nothing but himself. This idea of the author is vividly indicated by the end which goes like “ Nine times seven, thought Shuman with deep satisfaction, is sixty-three, and I don't need a computer to tell me so. The computer is in my ...