Self-driving cars or predictive policing: what scares you most about AI?

The Royal Society doesn't have a quick fix. It recommends machine-learning students get a class in ethics to go along with their technical studies. It suggests that the UK government funds public engagement with researchers. What's beyond doubt is that machine learning is already all around us, and will grow in influence. Peter Donnelly, who chaired the group that put the report together, told journalists assembled for the launch of the research: "It can and probably will impact on many, many, areas of our personal and leisure activities."