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Human/Machine
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Human/Machine

by Daniel Newman, Olivier Blanchard
July 2019
Intermediate to advanced
264 pages
5h 50m
English
Kogan Page
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CHAPTER ONE

A short history of human–machine partnerships

From tools to enhancements to early partnerships: a recap of the last few million years

‘Will a machine take away my job?’ That is the question that first inspired us to write this book. Is a future increasingly driven by smart automation and artificial intelligence incompatible with a future in which human beings are able to work in the sorts of jobs that fulfil them, allow them to pursue their interests and ambitions, and also enable them to achieve, at the very minimum, some degree of financial security – if not financial independence? Will machines replace human workers? Perhaps more to the point, will machines make humans obsolete?

There is no simple answer to those questions, ...

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