Artificial Intelligence is the technology that will finally free humanity from humdrum tasks and launch us into lives of more creativity and leisure. Yet worries abound about its impact on livelihoods, including its potential to destroy jobs in all kinds of sectors – witness the strike in July by Hollywood actors who fear being made redundant by their AI-generated doubles. Economic impact of technological advances is generally uncertain, unequal and sometimes outright malign and Artificial Intelligence has delivered convenience. Is AI going to be a blessing or a curse ?