If you want to beat the bots, be more human

As AI and automation keep advancing, tasks that humans perform today will be done by machines. [iStockphoto]

Hollywood has mostly portrayed artificial intelligence as evil. Barring some cutesy movies like Wall-E, robots in the reel world are relegated to playing the antagonist out to wreak havoc against humans. These tropes are evident in films like Terminator, 2001-A Space Odyssey, Ex Machina etc.

While these movies give us a glimpse of what to expect from sentient AI, the plots are largely inspired by Mark Twain's words, "don't let the facts get in the way of a good story." But we could be closer than you think.