AI can make life easier, but it could seriously distort democracies

It is unusual for us to return to a topic so soon. But AI is moving so fast and attracting so much comment, from the insightful to the hysterical, that it is important to offer a clear-eyed look at the risks and opportunities it brings. The first thing to say is that there is more to AI than the new generation of chatbots that have sparked the recent hubbub (see "How does ChatGPT work and do AI-powered chatbots "think" like us?").