The Governor of the Bank of England has warned that the rise of robots in the workplace could cause a revival in Communism and 19th-century wage stagnation. Mark Carney, 53, said automation of millions of jobs would result in more support of Communist ideas within a generation. 'Marx and Engels may again become relevant' if mechanisation forces down pay and raises inequality, he warned. To alleviate the damage, Carney suggested workers should train for jobs that require higher emotional intelligence, for example in care and leisure. Speaking at the Canada Growth Summit in Toronto, Carney said there will be vast inequalities between workers who benefit from AI and those who have their job wiped out by it.

China will be the world's dominant player in artificial intelligence by 2030. A State Council document, issued in July last year, resolved to position China as the world's pre-eminent practitioner of artificial intelligence (AI) in both research and application within the next 12 years. Governments across the world are rushing to support innovation in AI, but none has published as coherent a plan as China and – more importantly – has the ability to get things done: the Chinese government can implement policy in ways that are impossible in western democracies. Intent, however, is one thing: to paraphrase the boxer Mike Tyson, everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. The Chinese not only have a strategy, they have a track record of delivering on large-scale, ambitious projects.

Ethics should be at the centre of the development of artificial intelligence (AI), a parliamentary report has said. AI should "never" be given the "autonomous power to hurt, destroy or deceive" people, it adds. The Lords' report said the UK has the potential to be a leader in developing AI and called on the government to support businesses in the field. It also recommended that people be educated to work alongside AI in the jobs of the future. It said that such education would "mitigate the negative effects" on jobs which are possible as AI develops.

In contemporary sci-fi--HBO's "Westworld," for example--sentient machines take up arms against humanity. In the real world, intelligent--and increasingly autonomous--robots are being created with weapons already in hand. More than 16 countries (not to mention terrorist groups like the Islamic State) already possess armed drones. Militaries around the globe are racing to deploy robots at sea, on the ground and in the air. For now, these machines operate mostly under human control, but that may not be the case for long.

The House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence has asked the Law Commission to investigate whether UK law is "sufficient" when systems malfunction or cause harm to users. The recommendation comes as part of a report by the 13-member committee on the "economic, ethical and social implications of advances in artificial intelligence". The report proposes a national and international "AI code" based on five principles to ensure the country becomes "a world leader" in the industry's application of machine learning. The principles are focused on fairness, education and avoidance of wrongdoing. Committee chairman Lord Clement-Jones said: "AI is not without its risks... an ethical approach ensures the public trusts this technology and sees the benefits of using it. It will also prepare them to challenge its misuse."

UK urged to take an ethical lead in AI. The UK must take a leading role in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) ethics and regulation to prevent similar scandals to Cambridge Analytica from emerging. That's the view of a House of Lords select committee report on AI, entitled: AI in the UK: Ready, willing and able? 'An ethical approach ensures the public trusts this technology and sees the benefits of using it. It will also prepare them to challenge its misuse' – LORD CLEMENT-JONES The report stresses the need for AI to be used for the common good.

The House of Lords wants to make sure data used by AI systems is not monopolised and the technology is developed on ethical guidelines. That's not impossible, Lord Tim Clement-Jones, chair of the Lords' Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence told us. "We looked to see where it had been done well and done badly. GM Foods is where it was done badly, and human embryo research is where it has been done well." The report was designed "to avoid a moral panic," Clement-Jones told us.

On impeaching Trump: "I think impeaching and removing Donald Trump from office would let the American people off the hook and have something happen indirectly that I believe they're duty bound to do directly. People in this country need to stand up and go to the voting booth and vote their values." On Charlottesville: "A person who sees moral equivalence in Charlottesville, who talks about and treats women like they're pieces of meat, who lies constantly about matters big and small and insists the American people believe it, that person's not fit to be president of the United States, on moral grounds." On Trump's intelligence: "I don't buy this stuff about him being mentally incompetent or early stages of dementia. He strikes me as a person of above average intelligence who's tracking conversations and knows what's going on."

Britain has the potential to be a world leader in artificial intelligence but it must put ethics at the centre of its development and use. That is one of the key conclusions of a new report published today by the House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence. The'AI in the UK: Ready, Willing and Able?' report found that the UK's position, along with the wider adoption of AI, could deliver a major boost to its economy for years to come. "The UK has a unique opportunity to shape AI positively for the public's benefit and to lead the international community in AI's ethical development, rather than passively accept its consequences," said Lord Clement-Jones, chairman of the committee. "The UK contains leading AI companies, a dynamic academic research culture, and a vigorous start-up ecosystem as well as a host of legal, ethical, financial and linguistic strengths. "We should make the most of this environment, but it is essential that ethics take centre stage in AI's development and use." The report concluded that many jobs will be enhanced by AI, many will disappear and many new will be created, and has called for significant government investment in skills and training to mitigate the negative effects of AI. Re-training will become a lifelong necessity. Among the reports other recommendations is that individuals need to be able to have greater control over their data; the monopolisation of data by big tech companies must be avoided; the prejudices of the past must not be unwittingly built into automated systems; and children need to be adequately prepared at earlier stages of education for working with and using AI. The committee has also called for the government to draw up a national policy framework to ensure the coordination and successful delivery of AI policy in the UK, and that it should use targeted procurement to provide a boost to AI development and deployment. Furthermore, the report stated that transparency in AI is crucial. The industry, through the AI Council, should establish a voluntary mechanism to inform consumers when AI is being used to make significant or sensitive decisions. Lord Clement-Jones added: "AI is not without its risks and the adoption of the principles proposed by the committee will help to mitigate these.

The UK's first public inquiry into the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) has said the law governing its effects "is not currently clear". The House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence has asked the Law Commission to investigate whether UK law is "sufficient" when systems malfunction or cause harm to users. The recommendation comes as part of a report by the 13-member committee on the "economic, ethical and social implications of advances in artificial intelligence". The report proposes a national and international "AI code" based on five principles to ensure the country becomes "a world leader" in the industry's application of machine learning. The principles are focused on fairness, education and avoidance of wrongdoing.