Tech City News held a roundtable attended by a variety of AI experts, who discussed the potential of AI and the ethical challenges posed by the technology. Yessi Bello Perez, our reporter, has more.
Just last year, Stephen Hawking – arguably one of the world’s brightest minds – predicted artificially intelligent computers would overtake humans at some point over the next century.
Although it may have seemed like an outlandish statement at the time, the truth is that since Hawking’s appearance at the Zeitgeist conference in London, artificial intelligence has reached buzzword status among the highest echelons of the global tech scene.
AI-focused investors have emerged, funding in the space is soaring, tech giants are acquiring AI startups – and pouring significant resources into researching the technology – and the community is avidly discussing the technology’s potential and its ethical implications....