Is Automation Leading to Extinction?

It is said that with the future of technology another thing that is coming nearer to us is the risk of human extinction. Raymond Kurzweil, Google’s Director of Engineering and Futurist, published a book, The Singularity is Near, in which he welcomes a future in which AI will overcome human intelligence. Though we are still know that as super intelligence, but for now we do encounter AI in almost every aspect of our lives. Though in his book, the author welcomes AI as positive, most people fear job loss and the worst as human extinction. History indicates that any advancement in technology not always turns out to be bad. But, one could not ignore that with current technologies almost 45% of the jobs for which we are paid are now automated. This has become a topic of debate and no one knows what stands for us in advent of future. To know more visit: https://medium.com/@tjajal/automation-and-the-rise-of-meaningful-work-d1c7d596fee6