So you\u2019re worried about the march of the robots?<\/p>\n
An impending Terminator-style judgement day set to steal our future.<\/p>\n
If sci-fi movies are anything to go by, it\u2019s simply a matter of time. Mass unemployment, income inequality, riots and trailer parks.<\/p>\n
The joy.<\/p>\n
Perhaps it\u2019s a bit different from the utopia you imagined future technology might provide.<\/p>\n
But is it really necessary to worry, or are we heaping too much hyperbole on the thought pile?<\/p>\n
First we had the iron and textiles, then steam power, before further refinements to manufacturing and finally, the rise of the digital machine in the 80’s that now consumes our contemporary lives.<\/p>\n
The fourth revolution looks set to build on this foundation, with advancements in robotics, AI, machine learning, biotechnology and the Internet of Things.<\/p>\n
The fact is, algorithms have become\u00a0a ubiquitous, yet often invisible part of our lives.<\/p>\n
From the data strings that\u00a0Google create to serve you this very article to the predicting the rate of climate change, it\u2019s an inescapable fact that machine learning plays an increasingly prevalent role in human existence.<\/p>\n
And while the software continues to improve, it\u2019s with the integration of hardware that we really get a glimpse of an Orwellian future.<\/p>\n
Just check out the video from Boston Dynamics of one of their\u00a0latest, disturbingly lifelike attempts at creating a humanoid robot.<\/p>\n