On June 13th, 1863, The Press newspaper of Christchurch, New Zealand published an ominous letter that warned that machines would eventually become more intelligent and more powerful than humans.  The letter was entitled “Darwin Among the Machines”, and it was written by an English sheep farmer living in New Zealand named Samuel Butler.  He argued that … Continue reading 161 Years Ago, A Farmer Warned Us About The Dangers Of AI – And He Was Right!