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Technology and machines have become more advanced we have grown accustomed to having machines such as computers and cars in our everyday lives. Our own machines will soon surpass our own intelligence. This leaves us with one lingering question, when our creations become smarter than we are, who will be in control? Machines have played a vital role in our lives. This started off with the Industrial Revolution back in the nineteenth century. It would take an average worker three days to weave a single blanket, while a machine could do twenty blankets in one day. As time moved on, our machines have done more and more for us, and we have become reliant on them. Computers are machines that will one day be smarter than humans. They have become much more efficient as time has progressed. When they were first created a computer that had the power of one of today’s simple five dollar calculators required so much space to hold all of their necessary equipment it could take up a whole room, but the simple machine known today can be made so small it can not even be handled by a human due to its size. According to an article by Raymond Kurzweil titled “Live Forever,” “