Musings: AI, can you aid our troubled planet?

I was wondering whether artificial intelligence could tackle a troubling issue that we humans have always had from the beginning of time.

We have made amazing advancements to improve our lives — including AI — but we still can’t seem to come to terms with our differences.

These differences include race, religion, politics and sexual orientation. Not to mention the country, state and even the neighborhood we choose to live in.

More than ever the rifts, hatred and divisions among us seem to be getting worse.

We have battled each other for centuries, killing tens of millions of each other, and we continue to find more innovative and destructive ways to accomplish this.

As intelligent and advanced as we’ve become, we just can’t seem to get a handle on this self-destructive pattern of non-acceptance.

We have reached a critical point in our existence where we are poised to destroy not just our only home, this beautiful planet we call Earth, but with it, humanity itself.

We witness so many acts of caring and kindness when strangers will not hesitate to come to the aid of others in need with no concern for race, religion or political affiliation.

We have so much more in common as a species than what separates us. It’s such a paradox that we can’t seem to come to terms with accepting each other for who we are.

So, with all the incredible advancements we have accomplished, we’re starting to see what AI has in store for us.

Maybe it can find a way for us to better accept our differences and work together for the good of everyone. We know we must be capable of this.

More than ever, our very existence may depend on it. AI may be our last hope, so I hope AI hurries to comes up with a solution.

— Steve Pampinella, Holbrook