How Might Artificial Intelligence Influence Human Evolution?

In an age of rapid technological progress, with artificial intelligence (AI) integrating deeply into nearly every aspect of daily life, scientists are beginning to explore its profound implications for humanity’s future.

A new study by researcher Robert C. Brooks sheds light on how our interactions with AI may be influencing the evolutionary trajectory of our species.

Brooks’s research, published in The Quarterly Review of Biology, challenges dramatic, dystopian narratives of humanity being overtaken by machines. Instead, he proposes a subtler but equally profound scenario: the gradual transformation of human nature through the natural mechanisms of evolution.

The study draws parallels between AI’s role in human society and ecological dynamics, such as predator-prey relationships or competition between species.....<<<Read More>>>...