---
id: "aiethics:lecture/technology-on-humanity"
type: "AI Ethics course lecture"
title: "The Ethical Implications of Technology on Humanity"
url: "https://aiethicscourse.org/lectures/technology-on-humanity"
authors: ["Tannya Jajal"]
summary: "This module unpacks the evolution of artificial intelligence and how it relates to human intelligence."
source: "AI Ethics: Global Perspectives (aiethicscourse.org)"
licence: "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)"
---

# The Ethical Implications of Technology on Humanity

A lecture of the course [AI Ethics: Global Perspectives](https://aiethicscourse.org/).

## Lecturer

- Tannya Jajal, Regional Resource Manager, VMware

## About this lecture

This module unpacks the evolution of artificial intelligence and how it relates to human intelligence. It explores what 'work' might look like for humans in a future where AI becomes increasingly abundant, by touching upon the jobs and industries that might survive the fourth industrial revolution. The module highlights the skill sets that we will value in a post-automation world, makes suggestions for what potential solutions we may have for the problem of job displacement due to automation, and looks at how the Burning Man experiment demonstrates what humans might keep themselves busy with in a post-AI, post-automation world.

## Video and transcript

- Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIWU6tmqMTM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIWU6tmqMTM)
- Transcript (PDF): [https://aiethicscourse.org/img/4dc051f1-de7b-42be-8f2a-45df64fafabf.pdf](https://aiethicscourse.org/img/4dc051f1-de7b-42be-8f2a-45df64fafabf.pdf)

## Read, watch, and listen

- [AlphaGo](https://www.alphagomovie.com/)
- [Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World](https://www.tonywagner.com/creating-innovators), Wagner, T.. Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World. Simon & Schuster, 2012.
- [The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology](https://www.kurzweilai.net/the-singularity-is-near), Kurzweil, R.. The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology. Viking, 2005.
- [Cosmic Citizens and Moonshot Thinking: Education in an Age of Exponential Technologies](https://www.rohanroberts.com/), Roberts, R.. Cosmic Citizens and Moonshot Thinking: Education in an Age of Exponential Technologies. AuthorHouse, 2018.