To get a feeling for how AI algorithms work, we have a quick overview of the artificial neural networks that can be regarded as the mathematical workhorse behind most AI applications. So when it comes to technology and human civilization, ask yourself: Which is the better story, the story with AI or the story without AI? One of them, a microprocessor, teams up with mathematics, a treasured item in our mental toolbox, to give rise to the digital age that reaches its peak in the form of AI (the term $X$ in this figure represents all our conceptual tools excluding mathematics).