Anonymous
What does the future hold? The New York Times asked a group of 10-year-olds. Here are some of their answers:
“Companies will start using AI instead of human workers. That’s probably going to cause a pretty big job shortage.”
What will happen to people who lose jobs to AI? “Lots of anger. Probably protests. Just lots of outrage.”
Another kid answered: “There’s bound ot be a war. The war against Iran right now is bound to spark a couple more wars. I really hope it doesn’t start World War III.”
What else will be different in 2050? “There’s one more thing I’m thinking about: If there’s going to be more rich people or more poor people. I think I already got the answer to that: more poor people, [because] stuff is going to cost more. The world is becoming more like survival of the fittest.”
Will people still read books? “Rich people are going to read paper books, but not regular people. You know how really old things are more valuable?”
What else will be different? “I think Mount Rushmore is going to fall down.” Why? “Someone’s going to bomb it or something.”
Do you think the world will be better or worse than it is now? “The world is already going kind of downhill, but it’s still a very good place to live … We will still have problems, but we will fix most of them.”