If big data is the new oil, is artificial intelligence the new climate change?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to usher in massive benefits, but the potential pitfalls must be debated before it's too late, says Mott MacDonald's Simon Harrison. The Economist has described big data as the new oil, although I gather some insurers are calling it the new asbestos. Big data will impact almost every person in the world and almost all businesses. Its potential for transformative good is extraordinary, as is its potentially destructive power if we don't pay sufficient attention to security and privacy. Artificial intelligence (AI), big data's bigger brother, is another thing entirely.