Population growth, capital accumulation, and technological progress are important contributions to overall economic growth. Some fear automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and robots will significantly displace the working population. Others argue that technological disruptions in the past have promoted well-being instead of deteriorated it. Moreover, AI and automation are the technologies that will help overcome the challenges of an aging world population.

Do you fear how these technologies will change the world? Do you think previous generations felt similar or different when calculators, computers, automobiles, and the internet overtook previous technologies? Do you think AI is different than previous technological disruptions? Read these two articles and others of your own to provide your own opinion about how you view AI to improve or worsen the quality of life for future generations.

https://www.mheducation.com/highered/ideas/articles/ai-social-stratification-and-creative-destructionLinks to an external site.

https://www.businessinsider.com/aging-population-and-automation-effect-on-economic-growth-2017-3?op=1Links to an external site.