So while people will always try to build C-3PO-style machines that look and talk like us, the real advances will come in individual components we design to do one job well. Human intelligence arose from the unconscious co-operation of such systems to sustain the organism. Maybe if we get the

The ease of copying has, in the mind of some, given empowerment to those who believe ‚'property is theft', almost making it a right (or a rite) to copy what has been created by others.

The device promised by the dotcom age, which we'd use for everything from watching TV, reading books and making phone calls to browsing the web, working and playing games is now a cliché, both technology vendors and consumers now realising we want different experiences from different tools.