Resistance Is Futile

RESISTANCE IS FUTILEWE LET TODAY'S ALGORITHMS MAKE MORE DECISIONS FOR US THAN WE DO OURSELVES. WILL THE CYBERSERVANT SOON BECOME THE MASTER? H Humankind still rules the world we live in, but the seeds of our demise were, like ancient DNA, planted long ago. Fate and free will, always fodder for philosophical sparring, have become the subjects of even murkier absolutes as algorithms—snips of computer code—insert themselves into nearly ev­ery decision and process in our lives. Even the most complex...