Are they different ?  Is a construct that is built up and acquires a direction and momentum that grows beyond human reins and sense any different than a robot ?<p>They&#x27;re both machines, which makes them distinct from humans and human decisions and human reasoning.  We should neither be on guard against &quot;robots&quot; or capitalism[1] - rather, we should be on guard against machines in all their forms as they tend to affect humans without the safeguard of human reasoning.<p>I paraphrase Herbert:<p>Thou shalt not suffer a machine to rule over you.<p>[1] ... or democracy or catholicism ...