The AI (R)evolution: Why Humans Will Always Have a Place in the SOC

Amber Wolff, campaign specialist at McAfee, also contributed to this article. The 20th century was uniquely fascinated with the idea of artificial intelligence (AI). From friendly and helpful humanoid machines -- think Rosie the Robot maid or C-3PO -- to monolithic and menacing machines like HAL 9000 and the infrastructure of the Matrix, AI was a standard fixture in science fiction. Today, as we've entered the AI era in earnest, it's become clear that our visions of AI were far more fantasy than prophecy. But what we did get right was AI's potential to revolutionize the world around us -- in the service of both good actors and bad.