Since the dawn of the age of computers, human beings have wondered what will happen when the machines eventually learn how to "think" like humans do. The consensus among science fiction writers is "nothing good." Whether they rise and destroy humanity outright, or insert our consciousness into a giant simulation of the late 1990's to turn us into biomechanical batteries, depends on the creative imaginations and special effects budget of whoever's telling the story. But rare is the writer or director who tells a story about how human beings built thinking machines -- and everything turned out just great. Until recently, however, these were mostly the concerns of those who worked in fiction -- since the technology available wasn't up to causing an apocalypse.

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Norman always sees the worst in things. That's because Norman is a "psychopath" powered by artificial intelligence and developed by the MIT Media Lab. Norman is an algorithm meant to show how the data behind AI matters deeply. MIT researchers say they trained Norman using the written captions describing graphic images and video about death posted on the "darkest corners of Reddit," a popular message board platform. The team then examined Norman's responses to inkblots used in a Rorschach psychological test.

Photo: Robotic arm made for MIT AI lab, 1972. In 1973, the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence (AI) was at a crossroads: Governments had grown skeptical of the research and were hesitant to continue pumping millions of dollars into projects with few actionable results. So, to examine what AI had done, the United Kingdom solicited a report from a famous mathematician named Sir James Lighthill. What happened next was controlled chaos, the sort of polite brawling that only PhD's in neat suits are capable of. AI researchers erupted with anger, and possibly for good reason: It turned out that Lighthill, whose report demolished AI, did not fully understand the field he was trying to crush.

Ten days before the big concert, the members of the Stanford Laptop Orchestra are performing technology triage. Rehearsal has only just started, but already, things seemed to be falling apart. First there was trouble with the network that connects the laptops to one another. Then one of the laptops crashed; its human component, a graduate student named Juan Sierra, groans loudly. The orchestra members have gathered at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics to rehearse a new kind of musical composition. Together, sitting on meditation pillows in front of MacBooks, they create songs that stretch the definition of music.

J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions, the company behind blockbuster films and TV shows like Star Trek, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Lost and Westworld, is making a jump into gaming. It's joining forces with Chinese gaming giant Tencent, and minority partner Warner Bros. to launch Bad Robot Games. "I'm a massive games fan, and increasingly envious of the amazing tools developers get to work with, and the worlds they get to play in," said Abrams in a statement. The company will team with traditional game developers on both AAA and indie games for PC, mobile and console. Abrams said the company will take a "unique co-development approach," bringing its story-telling and visual chops to projects. It will make its in-house creative directors available during development, along with its network of freelance visual artists, sound designers, writers and musicians.

Easily one of the best eras in Fortnite's (short) history thus far has been the run up to season 4 where a mysterious comet appeared in the sky, and as it slowly drew closer, fans started to theorize that it was going to wipe Tilted Towers off the map. Every week it got larger, and Epic encouraged speculation with telescopes, the end is nigh signs and emergency broadcasts, before literally peppering the map with small meteors before the comet did in fact hit, wiping out most of Dusty Depot instead of Tilted, along with a few other choice locations around the map. But where is season 4's comet? What is the grand unified "oh my god what's happening?" Granted, it may still be a bit early, but in week 6 we are now in the tail end of season 4, and what teases there have been have flown relatively under the radar, and so many of them seem disjointed for one reason or another.

Your customers are more demanding than ever - and they expect service at their convenience. Your customer service function must adapt to avoid losing business - and this is where AI comes in: not to replace your human team, but to support it where it matters most. So how do you achieve the perfect equilibrium between AI and your contact centre team? Neil Davey is the managing editor of MyCustomer. An experienced business journalist and editor, Neil has worked on a variety of newspapers, magazines and websites over the past 15 years, including Internet Works, CXO magazine and Business Management.