AI robots will automate repetitive tasks in industry. This will increase productivity. Innovation will be spurred by an increase in research and experimentation. Farming will be augmented and more precise with climate adaptive assistance. But what of the loss of jobs?
The December 2025 issue of Time magazine featured the capital letters AI dwarfing humans who are to represent the architects. In our attempts to create a super brain, are we creating a Frankenstein’s monster?
The chief expenditures of Meta, Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon topped $427 billion last year and are projected for $370 billion this year in AI-related projects. The two biggest investors are the U.S. and China. Both are building large data centers.
What human can keep up with the capabilities of AI?
As one CEO of XPeng, a Chinese company developing electric vehicles and humanoid robots, says, “The initial humanoid robot is both intelligent and stupid at the same time; it requires manual management to deliver work effectively.” It still takes an educated human to begin the process.
According to the National Center for Education, the U.S. literacy rate is 79%, meaning 21% are illiterate; greater than 50% read below a sixth-grade level. One in four adults is functionally illiterate. They have been granted a high school diploma but lack basic skills. Many cannot fill out a simple application.
Education.
Educated humans are needed to oversee the input of AI. Above all, wisdom is needed to maximize the benefits of AI: critical thinking on the part of humans, not just the cold logic of AI.
Lucinda Vinoski
Connellsville