If we study the theory of evolution well, we discover that unused organs degenerate. By degeneration, we mean that the level of effectiveness of such body part or organ decreases to the point where by it's function either becomes limited or unknown probably in the future.

At some point the appendix became an example of such with no indication pointing to it's specific core function. At some point, it was believed it served some function, but along the way, either due to evolution or other factors, it became practically useless.

The funniest of all is the extra teeth grown known as the wisdom teeth, it was also once believed that it also served a function, but not anymore.
The aim of this write up is not centered around teeth and appendix, but a correlation between factors which can trigger the loss of once useful body parts or organs.

Is automation/AI supporting or destroying evolution

Automation is a process whereby day to day activities are controlled by machines or machinery. As good as it sounds, is it really a good idea to transfer everything to machines knowing fully well that when we do not use body parts, it's function starts to diminish.

A critical example is that of individuals into body building, the person builds muscles (densely packed elongated cells) around the exercise targeted areas. But as soon as the person stops building, the muscles start to shrink over time. The reason is simply because unused organs degenerate

Now imagine a person who relies on automation, a door that opens by itself and closes similarly, a house with devices to pump water, an interactive artificial intelligence that practically does everything for you, how do you really expect to grow smarter when a computer does it all for you?

I can bet Einstein, Faraday, Tesla, Newton and so many other great names depended on constantly building their minds to remain sharp and active, imagine if they allowed an artificial intelligence do all the job?
Naturally the concept is good, but with fully automation, what then is the future for mankind?

I remember a time when a text book sharpened the mind, now everyone thing can be easily solved with one computer algorithm or it's likes or the other and the aim of even sharpening the mind is diminishing.
Think am lying, the number of individuals who have had to result to medicated glasses have been on the increase in recent times and a factor is staring at screens.

According to this chart, the number of recommended glasses in the United States have greatly increased in recent years and like I said, a major factor is screens.

Before the age of industrialization, people walked, ate good food and lived longer because that was a healthy way of living, now, people simply eat fast food, are conveyed in vehicles everywhere and hardly exercise and so life expectancy started dwindling. Body nutrients easily obtained in healthy foods have to be synthesized in capsules and diseases with weird names are being diagnosed anyhow.

Someone said an AI flawed a lot of people at chess and I wondered, how do you expect it not to when it basically reads it's own texts books and we rely on machines for everything.
I believe we can fix this and humans won't go extinct.

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