THERE is a fascinating short story by EM Forster called The Machine Stops. In this story, humans live underground and are completely reliant on a machine which does everything for them. Strong, healthy people have been bred out because they become unhappy living underground. Then, one day, the machine stops and humans are plunged back into the harsh Darwinian conditions that we were subject to until the Industrial Revolution. The story is a cliff hanger, but the future is obvious: there is going to be mass death.
Why AI will tip human evolution in favour of conservative and religious people
