Machines and Humans

Machines and Humans
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Machines and Humans
As machine learning continues to advance and progressively plays more prominent roles in everyday life, there are speculations that machines will take over humans in 100 years. While automation will eliminate several occupations and affect almost all jobs in one way or another, the technical potential for computerization of all human activities is limited. Therefore, machines cannot replace man. Machines may replace all activities carried out in a predictable environment. However, they cannot execute those activities that involve developing and managing people, planning, decision-making, or creative work, and humans can. Computers can perform well-defined tasks since they are programmed to solve a particular problem under specific parameters. However, they perform poorly in non-linear processes where new variables are introduce...