The Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be best described as a combination of algorithms embedded into an automated machine which will enable them have same level of "thinking intelligence" as that of human beings. It is deemed as one of the most important revolution in technology since computing was invented. The artificial intelligence is being projected change everything (and is doing in many industries). There is no one definition accepted by all experts of what artificial intelligence means . First, because it is a new, changing and experimental science.

"We are probably one of the last generations of homo sapiens." Those were the opening words of acclaimed historian and best-selling author Professor Yuval Harari, who spoke at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, where politicians, thought leaders and executives from the world's leading companies congregate to discuss solutions to global challenges. What comes after us, Harari said, are entities that are more different from us than we were from our predecessors, the Neanderthals. However, those species will not be the outcome of the organic evolution of human genes, Harari explained, but the outcome of humans learning to engineer bodies, brains and minds. "This will be the main product of the economy of the 21st century." But how will those species emerge and what will they look like?

Technological advancement including artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked debate for people and governments in developed countries where democratic systems shape the operation of institutional systems. Specifically, such systems have been driven by established universal values such as respect for human rights, property and privacy rights, and democracy, including freedom of expression, and political participation. In these systems, the advancement of technology has been deployed to enhance the efficiency of governments in providing public services while undergoing public scrutiny and institutional oversight. For example, many cities in developed democratic countries ban the use of facial recognition technology as an instrument of security efforts. However, this may not be the case in developing countries in general and particularly in those undergoing long economic transitions without political liberalization, such as Vietnam and China.

While people in the West debate about whether the internet and social media undermine democracy, a big question for many Chinese is whether cutting-edge technology strengthens the iron fists of autocrats.

To some Chinese, it seems their movements, habits and thoughts can be tracked by a government with unchecked power. So is a digital dictatorship all powerful? That's a question that author Wang Lixiong set out to answer in his dystopian novel "Ceremony." Released by Taiwan's Locus Publishing in December, "Ceremony" describes a China in 2021 that isn't far off from how the nation is today. The leader wants to stay in office beyond mandated term limits and uses an anticorruption campaign to vanquish rivals.

To some Chinese, it seems their movements, habits and thoughts can be tracked by a government with unchecked power. So is a digital dictatorship all powerful? That's a question that author Wang Lixiong set out to answer in his dystopian novel "Ceremony." Released by Taiwan's Locus Publishing in December, "Ceremony" describes a China in 2021 that isn't far off from how the nation is today. The leader wants to stay in office beyond mandated term limits and uses an anticorruption campaign to vanquish rivals.

Are we one of the last generations of homo sapiens -- soon to be supplanted by engineered cyber-beings, with a distant semblance to their creators (us)? On Jan. 24, historian and international best-selling author Yuval Harari presented his view of the future at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Harari wrote Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and also Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow. In a riveting 25-minute presentation, Harari painted a very gloomy -- but possible -- view of the future, based on his thesis that we are now in our third grand revolution, the control of data, following the control of land (Agrarian Revolution) and the control of machinery (Industrial Revolution). The point of no return, Harari contends, will happen when technology will be able to extract high-precision biometric data from people, and report back to a centralized decision-making control system, owned by governments or by corporations -- or both.