A lonely man living in Los Angeles downloads an AIA computer programme that has been designed to think.  assistant with a woman's voice. Though it is just a computer, he names the assistant Samantha and begins to fall in love.

This was the plot of the 2013 science fiction film Her, with Samantha played by Scarlett Johansson. Just over a decade later, OpenAI has created a similar chatbot, and the voice is very familiar...

Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI, asked Johansson to sample her voice for his new chatbot. The film star refused, but the company launched their AI assistant with a voice that sounded just like Johansson's.

For supporters of AI, the technology will make more things possible than ever before, enabling humans to do things faster and often better.

However, critics argue that AI will soon replace basic human tasks, and rather than gaining more freedom, we might end up trapped by the technology.

Already, 70% of Generation Z use AI in their daily lives. Many people predict that 90% of online content will be generated by AI come the end of the year.

The film Her has a message. Making connections with humans is harder than interacting with a computer, but also more meaningful. Hopefully we can learn this before it is too late.

Is technology making us less human?

Yes! Once AI is more intelligent than the general population, people will begin relying on it for everyday tasks. Soon everything that makes us human will happen via a computer.

No! AI is meant to assist human activity, not replace it completely. Although this might cause disruption at first, the technology will eventually allow people to live busier, happier and fuller lives.

AI - A computer programme that has been designed to think.