Fast-forward seven years. Billions of dollars have been spent on the Transformer and co. The EU has just announced a 200 billion € initiative to promote #AI, following other governments across the globe. Millions of people, crushed by the demands of 'efficiency', now think that a machine writes email better and faster than they do. And wow, the new tech can even fire people (in all senses of the term.) Still wanna grab a coffee? /2