The Dawn of AI

The arrival of ChatGPT onto the collective consciousness of Western society has been nothing short of phenomenal: it is estimated to have reached 100 million active users in January alone, making it the fastest growing consumer application in history. It has also accelerated, or perhaps reignited, deeper philosophical questions about what role AI is set to play in the way humans navigate everyday life when it achieves a sophistication that, while short of outright sentience, can effectively replace most components of the knowledge-based economy — and with it, jobs.