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Is your next boss an AI?

Imagine a bunch of nerds in the 1960s, sitting around thinking: “Hey, what if we could send messages between these things called computers instead of just passing notes in class?” They proceed to further think: “Let’s make these machines talk to each other so we don’t have to!" And boom, the internet was born—a product of pure laziness, fuelled by an overabundance of caffeine and an allergy to exercise.

So, in 1969, these geniuses at the US Department of Defense created ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), which was basically the internet’s awkward teenage phase. Picture it: slow, clunky computers passing messages like, “Hi there, got your file, LOL,” over cables that would make today’s Wi-Fi laugh out loud. But, hey, it worked!

Game changer

And then came artificial intelligence or AI. Essentially the internet on steroids, it now runs the show now. It can read your emails and manage your schedule. It can also analyse your business data, handle customer service, and basically run your whole company while you’re having a barbecue in your backyard.