The Specter of Computing

In surveying the inexorable rise of computing power, networking and the resulting AI progress, it is inevitable that people begin to think about the effect on society and our daily lives. Clearly, the world of human decision making (both quantitative and qualitative) is sure to be greatly altered. Extremists feel that whole industries will be transformed (including the military, education and the judicial system). Corporate management as we know it would be radically different with highly intelligent computers doing the work of scores of white collar workers. There are already robots in manufacturing facilities.