Governments must control the rise of artificial intelligence, experts say

The dawn of the artificial intelligence age is upon us and the speed of technological development threatens to leave regulatory control in its wake. Those concerns were one of the key themes to emerge from the World Government Summit staged in Dubai this week. From agriculture and transport to healthcare and education, technology that was once considered science fiction is edging closer to reality. How that is managed in the decades to come is providing an imminent conundrum for governments and policy makers, and proved a common topic of discussion in forums during the three-day summit. "I believe we are right at the start of this revolution happening right now and I imagine more natural ways of communication so it will become seamless," said Carol Riley, president of Drive – AI. "This means non-verbal communication and machines start to understand what we are thinking."