Humans Might Not Survive the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Global Leader Says

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World Economic Forum chairman Klaus Schwab warns about humans losing control of the world during the fourth industrial revolution.

During a World Government Summit talk, Schwab says the world must come together to stay ahead of the new technology.

Without mastery of the quick-moving technology, humans can get left behind.

The hits keep coming from the World Economic Forum. Not long after the WEF’s recent annual conference in Switzerland, where global leaders predicted imminent catastrophic mutating events, among other things, the World Government Summit took place in Dubai this week. There, WEF founder and chairman Klaus Schwab said “we are faced with issues which are of existential importance for humankind.”

Schwab says the fourth industrial revolution in which we’re currently engaged—a confluence of innovations in AI, the Internet of Things, quantum computing, and more—will fuse together our physical, digital, and biological identities and could potentially “escape our power to master.” Of course, Schwab would love to see the world “reglobalize” to take on this impending change.

And this global cooperation, as Schwab calls it, remains imperative to give humans a chance during the fourth industrial revolution without losing control of society ... or else. He continued:

“But my deep concern is that those technologies, if we don’t work together on a global scale, if we do not formulate, shape tougher the necessary policies, they will escape our power to master those technologies.”

Schwab says the polarization of ideals within countries has left a potential challenge for leaders. He believes governments can play a key role in showing how technology can serve the good of humans.

The quick-moving pace of technology has made into reality what was just a few years ago fantasy, and will render the world a completely different place within just 10 years, Schwab says.

“You cannot catch up with the new technologies. You have to be in front of them, otherwise you will be on the losing out side.”

Make no mistake: There will be winners and losers in the race to lead the world. “Who masters those technologies,” Schwab says, “will in some way, be the masters of the world.”