Yes, people have worried about this before, all the way back to the 1920s. This time, though, the skill sets of machines are getting much closer to those of hum

Yes, people have worried about this before, all the way back to the 1920s. This time, though, the skill sets of machines are getting much closer to those of humans. Instead of "this time" I prefer "over time", because there isn't a new technology "this time" that is suddenly different that is worth arguing about. What's happening is that machines get a little more capable every day in various ways, while humans do not, and it keeps going and going.... Whatever the controversial comparison of machines and humans may be today, by tomorrow, machines will have moved forward more than people have, and even moreso the next day, and again the day after that, with no obvious reason it should ever stop. Unless this phenomenon changes, it's just a question of time.