ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
SPEAKING AT DAVOS earlier this year , Google CEO Sundar Pichai said : “ AI is probably the most important thing humanity has ever worked on . I think of it as something more profound than electricity or fire . Any time you work with technology , you need to learn to harness the benefits while minimising the downsides .” The message was clear : artificial intelligence should help us build better lives , not take over the world .
However , it ’ s fair to say there are still question marks hanging over the further implementation and adoption of AI . From the impact on the modern workforce through to security and militarisation , the increasing efficiency afforded by these intelligent systems is cause for concern for some key thinkers in the space . Stephen Hawking , for example , infamously claimed that AI could wipe out mankind because it would eventually develop the ability to consistently outperform humans .
52 June 2018