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Will AI be the death of humanity, asks NIGEL SUMMERLEY

When we asked to split the bill, our bright young waiter cheerfully admitted he had no idea how to divide the total in two. ‘But the card machine can do it,’ he said. Technology is a wonderful thing, but doesn't it also steal our ability to do things ourselves – or know whether something is right or not?

The much more serious aspects of tech advances have produced a rush of books covering issues around the internet, social media

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