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Who's afraid of artificial intelligence (AI)?

It seems that everyone is, and sometimes with reason – even its inventors have been panic-stricken about the robots’ threats to humanity.

It's predicted that AI will wipe out jobs by the tens of thousands, from accountancy to the waiters’ and waitresses’ trade. In Korea, you may now be served at table by a robot – which children love. Journalism too will come under pressure from the AI takeover: I have been told by an editorial

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