Can automation bring us closer together? – Becoming Human: Artificial Intelligence Magazine

Automation and the advancement of technology is reshaping the modern economy, how we consume and how we produce. Can the digitisation of daily interactions, whether transactional or relational, engender improved human relations? Digital technological development can be considered a liberating and connecting force in some contexts, while its threat to human livelihoods and liberties raises ethical issues as its integration with social and economic exchange grows. Developed societies are supported predominantly by a service economy, which is increasingly shaped by the nature and capabilities of the digital technologies that facilitate it. The nature and use of these technologies is disrupting traditional social behaviours and expectations.