In recent days Artificial Intelligence has expanded into the mainstream but the quest for Technological Singularity has been bubbling for a long time since the advent of neural networks and machine learning while the obvious applications of AI have been debated since the invention of transistors almost a hundred years ago. People far smarter and well-researched than us have been speculating on the function of Artificial Intelligence since we began thinking.

The first concept of an intelligence machine created by us can be traced back to 3000 years ago during the time of Plato and Diogenes but was solidified by Marshall Mcluhan’s 1964 quote, “Man becomes the sex organs of the machine world.” This quote drives the notion that AI and the Machine World might be the evolutionary successors of humanity and basks upon our fear of being replaced and being done the same as we did to lesser species. The fear of AI taking over the world is a notion that has been debated upon till exhaustion and has been a very significant part of our culture as hundreds of books, tv shows, and movies have been made on this topic for decades.

But now that AI is finally coming out of the woodwork and its applications have been advancing exponentially, these fears and prophecies are stepping out of the realm of Science Fiction and coming into our real-world reality. However, these prophecies must be taken with a grain of salt as historically speaking, humans have been seriously bad at predicting the future, and predictions about AI have been nothing new. In truth, the world is way too complex for a single person or even the collective of humanity to get its predictions right.

The real world is filled with actions and their consequences that occur at a rate and a level that even our most complex algorithms powered by our most powerful quantum computers can’t predict right. Psychohistory is a myth and legend and even with the advent of AI might stay in the realm of fiction (Sorry Asimov fans). This is the reason why most AI experts aren’t sounding the alarm just yet. Instead, we are now in the phase of reaping the benefits of AI which is now digging itself into every possible industry under the Sun.

One of these avenues is Digital Marketing where AI is about to reshape the entire environment and disrupt the way we contemporarily conduct business. Everything from content creation, design, and social media marketing to website design and audit is about to be fully automated and conducted by A.I. The effects of this have already begun manifesting themselves in our media. Forbes claims that over 300 Million Jobs are going to be automated before this decade is through and we somewhat agree with this statement.