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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20/19g3wxetqonw9jpg.jpg?quality=75750314In the sixth chapter of his 2010 book The Computer Boys Take Over, Nathan L. Ensmer looks back at the 1957 movie Desk Set within the context of 1950s computing and the fear that one day we’d all be replaced by machines.