The Future of the Internet II: Who's in charge, machines or us?
One of the questions posed to almost 750 technology experts, executives, consultants and futurists worldwide. In the comments, please agree or disagree with whether the situation described will exist in 2020 and explain your reasoning.
Autonomous technology is a problem: By 2020, intelligent agents and distributed control will cut direct human input so completely out of some key activities such as surveillance, security and tracking systems that technology beyond our control will generate dangers and dependencies that will not be recognized until it is impossible to reverse them. We will be on a "J-curve" of continued acceleration of change.
