Curmudgeons don't spend all their time in the past - we try to look ahead as well.
You've all heard about the approaching singularity - when computers start thinking for themselves. They will, of course, think much faster than we do, and may do things we don't expect and can no longer control.
I'm sure you've already thought about this. The perfect statement on this topic that I've seen is:
"The talents that distinguish humans from machines might not be what we had hoped."
We may not end up the dreamers, the inventors, the idea creators that we thought we would be when machines did all those little things for us because after the singularity they may very well run the show and WE'LL be the blivits doing the menial stuff.
Just ask Steven Hawkings.
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