# Make No Mistake: The Machines Are Coming

1 Opinion December 10, 2014 Business Insider ![Nouriel Roubini](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/nroubini.jpg?itok=R6F5VNmo) By Nouriel Roubini > I decided to speak about the microchip—because the microchip may well replace the human race.

Last Friday night, I attended the Bloomberg BusinessWeek 85th Anniversary Dinner.

The party was held at the American Museum of Natural History, where Seth Meyers, the former *Saturday Night Live* star, hosted the evening beneath a massive, life-sized replica of a blue whale.

The party was packed with the usual collection of highly polished New York media and business types. (The entertainment highlight of the night for me was a charming duet by Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett.)

It was a great honor to be asked by Bloomberg and BusinessWeek to give an official toast during the event, along with my fellow toastmasters Henry Kissinger, Henry Kravis, and Melody Hobson. For my toast, I was asked to select the innovation that I thought created the most disruptive change during the last 85 years.

I decided to speak about the microchip—because the microchip may well replace the human race.

Read full article as published in [Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/rise-of-the-machines-us-economy-roubini-2014-12)

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*Nouriel Roubini is a Professor of Economics and International Business and the Robert Stansky Research Faculty Fellow.*## More Opinions from Nouriel Roubini

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