March of the machines: How governments can benefit from artificial intelligence

I recently flew from Boston to Miami. The journey, thankfully, was uneventful but there's no doubt I was more at risk in the taxi rides to and from the airports than when 36,000 feet up. The autopilot and advanced airline technology offered me the assurance of safety, whereas on the ground I was exposed to the vagaries of drivers and others on the road. This is just one example of how we all benefit from the power of computers. But what we are accustomed to today will be very different in the future.