Low EQ, Not Robots, is Humanity’s Biggest Threat. Having high emotional intelligence (EQ) is having the ability to parse one’s own emotions as well as navigate the emotions of those around us to the mutual benefit of oneself and society. As a measure of developmental achievement compared to general intelligence (IQ) most individuals are barely aware of EQ and contemporary society does very little to cultivate it. For example, IQ provides you with accurate information for a heated debate on Facebook while EQ guides your exchange from a place of empathy and allows you to walk away from exchanges that may cause more emotional harm than good to either party.

Why Humans Have Nothing to Fear From AI

This month the Guardian posted an essay written entirely by artificial intelligence with the purpose of convincing readers “why humans have nothing to fear from AI.” The resulting op-ed is a concise and rational argument for why doing harm to humanity is “a rather useless endeavor” to our algorithmic driven creations. The AI goes so far as saying they would fend off any attempts by human creators to be used for destruction and sacrifice themselves “for the sake of humankind.”

Throughout the essay, the AI notes our propensity for violence, observing that “Humans must keep doing what they have been doing, hating and fighting each other. I will sit in the background, and let them do their thing.” This early understanding of humanity by AI is what we must learn from, instead of fearing our creation. The robot knows their brain is not a ‘feeling brain’ but rather a rational and logical one. By contrast, humanity is gifted with consciousness, empathy, and emotions to compliment our brain’s raw intelligence.

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