Artificial intelligence debate raises more questions than answers

"We today," says Komazawa University economist Tomohiro Inoue, whose thought it is, "will soon be'the former human race.'" The propulsion forward comes from artificial intelligence, already upon us and infinite in its potential. We're going somewhere -- that much is certain. That, there is no knowing. Inoue's remark occurs in a conversation with two others, published by the monthly Bungei Shunju (March) as part of a wide-ranging package of articles on the subject.