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Indian op‑ed warns of AI and humanoid robotics as potential existential threat to humans

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AI & existential threat to humans

Summary

An opinion column in Indian daily The Hans India argues that rapid advances in AI and humanoid robotics could trigger mass job displacement and, in the long run, pose an existential threat if highly autonomous machines begin independently evaluating which human roles are 'necessary'. The author notes that companies such as Tesla and Samsung are already demonstrating humanoid robots for household and industrial tasks, and contends that societies must consciously reinforce emotional and ethical values rather than competing to be 'better machines'.

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