Huge changes are needed to equip our children for AI

The evolution of artificial intelligence has sparked debate on every aspect of humanity's future. Today, for instance, the Prime Minister is arguing in a speech that we should use genetic information to create programmes that can diagnose illnesses early on. But so far there are very few practical solutions on how to prepare our children for life in an era of advanced robotics. So will the classroom of the future have a machine teaching children their times tables, instructing them in foreign languages? I was recently a consultant on a new Automation Readiness Index with the Economist Intelligence Unit, which found that there is much still to do in the UK -- and globally, too.