During my research for this story, I found some these interesting articles. Extra reading if you want to explore the subject further.
Fast Company - 10 jobs that will be replaced by robots
https://www.fastcompany.com/3067279/you-didnt-see-this-coming-10-jobs-that-will-be-replaced-by-robots
Bloomberg - Hedge fund takes on Wall Street with AI trader
Motherboard - AI Can Take Over Your Favorite TV Characters With ‘Virtual Immortality’
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/using-ai-to-immortalize-our-favorite-tv-characters
The Guardian - Millennial ‘influencers’ who are the new stars of web advertising
New York Times - Don't let Facebook make you miserable
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/opinion/sunday/dont-let-facebook-make-you-miserable.html
LinkedIn - AI can now imitate any human voice with just one minute of training
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-can-now-imitate-any-human-voice-just-one-minute-training-terry
Tech Crunch - Face DJ builds instant 3D models from a selfie
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When social network profiles become augmented reality, how true is the persona we project? As one man’s status hits zero, his circle of friends must never know the truth. His life unravelled and his reputation undone, Blake looks back at how it came to this. In a tale told in reverse, digital identities are a distorted mirror, reflecting hyperactive lifestyles that everyone envies. With his fate in the hands of an intelligence beyond his own, Blake knew that saving his reputation was going to be virtually impossible.