Adaptation to our surroundings is an evolutionary trait that has enabled the survival of the species we see today – and the extinction of those unable to cope with change.

In this Tech Foresight 2042 debate, Professor Pierre Pinson and Dr Nejra Van Zalk from Imperial College London’s Dyson School of Design Engineering discuss the future of digital media, how AI and machine learning is causing us to adapt to new and emerging digital-only traits, and what the role of humans in the group will be, now that it is computers in the loop.