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I just don't see H sapiens ceding decision-making, directive authority to machines. "But what if the machines make better decisions? Competition will force ..." Look around this ridiculous planet and ask yourself how often competition has forced hominids to cede power to the best problem-solvers.

if they make better decisions then the organizations that adopt them in a decision making role should out-perform those that don't in economic or political systems. unless you outlaw them from being used in such a way, i don't see how you escape competition dynamics.

Wouldn't the same argument imply that nations and companies are generally led by the best-informed decision-makers and problem-solvers? If they weren't, after all, competitive dynamics should long ago have pushed that nation/company aside. If this is not what we observe, we need to ask why not.

Lot of possible explanations, but this one is old and deserves to go first: "I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding ... but time and chance happeneth to them all." :)