OK but that bus already pulled out. The machines already rule us. We didn’t see it happening because it didn't happen with robots stomping around in liquid metal boots. It didn't happen the way we expected it to. Now it's an accomplished fact.
From perhaps my very favorite On Being episode:
Ms. Howe:
My screen. I gaze into that face. I do what it tells me to do. If aliens came down and saw us all walking around, what would we do? All of us are walking around…
Ms. Tippett:
[laughs] Who do they obey?
Ms. Howe:
…looking into the — “Oh, they serve these machines.” I mean, the machines rule us. I have no will when it comes to my machines, to the computer, hours doing emails. I never applied for that job. What happened? It happened in 10 years, 15 years. They rule. It’s different from what we expected.
https://onbeing.org/programs/marie-howe-the-power-of-words-to-save-us-may2017/#transcript