Will artificial intelligence empower us or overpower us?

A question of obsolescence

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In 2019, in an article for German publication 'Trends im Asset Management', an Invesco fund manager participated in a Q&A about the future of investment.

The very first question went to the heart of a shift that is reshaping this industry and many others: "How much time do you have left before the machines take over?" Although frivolous, the implication was undeniably relevant. The story of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) has long been defined by alternating bouts of optimism and dread, with the prospect of change encouraging eager expectation and the actual realisation of change prompting an alarm firmly rooted in fears of human obsolescence. The biggest artificial intelligence themes for the next decade Of c...

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