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       In Karel Čapek‘s 1920 play «R.U.R.», when talking about those who created robots (in this case artificial humans) for their personal profit, the character Alquist says: «They dreamed of the dividends. And on those dividends humanity will perish.»More than a hundred years later, this fictional warning sounds oddly contemporary.(Quote taken from the translation by Claudia Nowack, published by Penguin Books in 2004)—#ArtificialIntelligence #technology #IrresponsibleTech #ScienceFiction