Why Artificial Intelligence is Here to Stay

Artificial intelligence has, all of a sudden, become the next big thing. It is not so much sweeping across our world as seeping into it, with a combination of enormous computing power and the latest'deep learning' techniques promising to reshape our lives. But can we use this extensively to deliver something that people actually "do" want? Whether sophisticated AI turns out to be friend or foe, we must come to grips with the possibility that as we move further into 2017, the greatest intelligence on the planet may be silicon-based. This year will see people-machine relationships become more pronounced, nuanced, fluid and yet deeply personalized.