This document discusses the rise of artificial intelligence and autonomous technologies and their impact on various aspects of life and society. It touches on topics like the future of employment, persuasive technologies, machine learning applications, corporate use of AI, and debates around autonomous decision making. The document frames our current time as the age of autonomous decision machines and explores questions around what is technologically feasible versus socially acceptable or economically profitable as AI and automation continue to progress and integrate into more areas of work and life.