Elon Musk and co may relish march of the robots but there must be AI boundaries in the workplace

Just because a robot may technically be able to perform a task, does it mean we should accept that it should? Photograph: Héctor Retamal/AFP/Getty Images

A robot magician called D4YRL was rejected as a member of the Magic Circle last week, for being insufficiently human.

While D4YRL’s tricks were exemplary, the august organisation decided “he” did not engage the audience’s emotions as a flesh-and-blood performer would.