Artificial Intelligence: The Bridge Between Utopia and Dystopia

It was believed that Hephaestus, the Greek god of metallurgy, created and programmed a giant bronze warrior named Talos to protect Crete. Talos is said to be a futuristic cybernetic creature that can think and feel. It was believed that Hephaestus created the creature as part of his project, combining neurological-computer interfaces and living and non-living components into one massive being. The mythology surrounding the creation of the warrior is also said to be the first example of people thinking about the potential of Artificial Intelligence and intelligent robots. Cut to the present, Artificial Intelligence is all around us, and data and algorithms have become more essential to our lives than we can fathom.