When we look back in time, will we see Trump’s defeat as the turning point away from deeply flawed human beings toward a flawless new technocracy ruled by artificial intelligence?

In 2016 the world watched in shock as South Korean “GO” champion Lee Se-Dol was defeated by a machine. It was previously believed that AI lacked the creative capacity to beat our best human beings, for “GO” requires more than mere logic. But the event has now gone down in history as the moment AI became a true contender.

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