Artificial Intelligence: The Bridge Between Utopia and Dystopia 

Myths, stories, and Greek antiquities. 

It was believed that Hephaestus, the Greek god of metallurgy, created and programmed a giant bronze warrior named Talos to protect Crete. Talos is said to be a futuristic cybernetic creature that can think and feel.  It was believed that Hephaestus created the creature as part of his project, which involved combining neurological-computer interfaces and living and nonliving components into one massive being. The mythology surrounding the creation of the warrior is also said to be the first example of people thinking about the potential of AI and intelligent robots.  Cut to the present, AI is all around us, and data and algorithms have become more important to our lives than we can fathom. And this is just the beginning.