Maybe I am too paranoid but I have always been distrustful of artificial intelligence, I say this because you only need to make one mistake once and artificial intelligence could take control of everything, maybe I have watched too many movies about the topic but I do not like that idea, I love the blockchain and I love bitcoin and I think we're going to see a huge benefit for society as a whole if we adopt them as fast as possible.
But when it comes artificial intelligence I am not so sure, after all even if some of the apocalyptic scenarios do not become true a majority of the jobs around the world are going to be displaced and are going to be performed by that artificial intelligence and while that sounds good, my question is what it is going to happen to all of those people without jobs?
You do have a point there, mate. AI could become extremely dangerous if it expands in knowledge over time. We've seen movies such as The Terminator where Skynet takes controls of the world until it establishes a war between humans and robots. While we're still in the early days of AI, anything could happen in the future as this technology advances into becoming mature for the mainstream world. On the other hand, Blockchain technology doesn't pose such a risk to humanity, since it's only a system where transactions could become verified by anyone at the safest way possible.
With the successful implementation of the Blockchain's first application (known as Bitcoin), the world would gradually shift towards a digital economy soon. However, with the combination of AI technology, I believe that Blockchain's use cases could be expanded to ways that were never thought possible before. Perhaps, as both technologies mature, centralized institutions could become replaced in the future. By then, there would be no banks at all (as people would be their own bank), no human governments (only AI would govern us all), no cashiers in store (there will be self-checkouts powered by AI), and AI-controlled medical robots (eliminating the need for human doctors and nurses).
Therefore, the transformation would be radical that will not only benefit our economy in the future, but also healthcare, transportation, and more. Just my opinion