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If by 'in charge' you mean listening exclusively to the machines and doing exactly what they say, there's a possibility of humans staying in charge.

People may keep the titles but step away from the decisions. The British royal family is a great example -- they smile and wave and look cute. They're the government's pet cat.

We can be like Tama, the Japanese station manager cat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_(cat)#/media/File:Station...

Tama lived a very good life. If we get the AI right, we'll also do great. Common folks aren't really in charge of government anyways, so it's not such a great loss.



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