The End of Free Will

摘要

umans appear all too adept at building machines that suck the joy out of life. Great explorers like Neil Armstrong have been replaced by rovers that can do a bit of every-thing, including conducting scientific experiments and snapping breathtaking photos. Cars that, while dangerous, are awfully fun to drive are being turned into autonomous contraptions. Over at Google, some engineers even had the audacity to build a computerized brain that can find cats in You-Tube videos-a feat that once united humanity.