Who would choose to be a human today? We’re getting a raw deal whichever way you look at it. Our wits, skill sets and even emotions are constantly pitted against the machines. After all, aren’t artificial intelligence, machine learning and a league of mutinous robots all destined to surpass us in terms of acumen and understanding? Isn’t technology out to take our jobs and make the human race essentially obsolete?
It’s a narrative worthy of Spielberg’s next sci-fi fantasy, which is probably why this thinking will never truly be discredited; we enjoy the drama too much. If anything, this tired argument gains traction as economic struggles intensify, unemployment rises and a genera
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