Alarming: By 2034, AI bots will outnumber humans on digitally intermediated forums and look like us.

The forecast that by 2034, there will be more AI bots than humans and that these bots will be practically indistinguishable from us in digitally intermediated forums is intriguing and complex. This forecast addresses critical technological, social, and ethical challenges that will influence our future. First, the rapid development of AI and ML technology supports this prediction. Natural language processing, computer vision, and other AI fields have advanced. Chatbots and virtual assistants are getting smarter, and massive language models like GPT-3 (and its descendants) can write like humans. These technologies could become practically indistinguishable from human digital communication in just over a decade. AI bots outnumbering people online could change how we connect online. AI-generated content and interactions may dominate social media, forums, and other digital communication channels.

This could have numerous effects.

1. Information overload and misinformation: With so many AI bots generating and sharing information quickly, it may become harder to tell fact from fiction, worsening fake news and misinformation.
2. Human behaviour changes: Interacting more with AI bots may change our digital communication patterns and expectations. Bot social standards or etiquette may be created.
3. Economic effects: AI bots could disrupt internet interaction, customer service, and content creation businesses.
4. Privacy and security: Advanced AI bots could complicate identity verification and digital security.
5. Ethical issues: If AI beings become essentially indistinguishable from humans, their rights and obligations may be questioned. This prediction should be taken with a grain of salt. AI technology is progressing rapidly, but producing indistinguishable AI that matches human intelligence across all fields takes much work. Human intellect, emotional intelligence, and contextual awareness are complicated; reproducing them may take time. As AI capabilities grow, so will our ability to spot AI-generated content. New AI bot detection technologies will likely be developed to distinguish humans from AI bots in digital domains. The projection raises questions about the purpose and deployment of so many AI bots. AI bots could be used in customer service, information distribution, and work automation, but outnumbering humans may not be practicable or ethical. Whether this forecast comes true, it emphasises the necessity for proactive policy-making, moral principles, and public discourse on AI in our digital future. We must study how to use AI while minimising hazards and preserving human contact and authenticity in digital places. As we approach 2034 and beyond, we must actively monitor these advancements, adapt our digital literacy abilities, and guide the integration of AI into our online ecosystems to benefit humanity while retaining our agency and the distinctiveness of human interaction.