'You can do both': experts seek 'good AI' while attempting to avoid the bad

Humanity is at a crossroads that might be summed up as AI for good v AI gone bad, according to a leading artificial intelligence expert. "I see two futures here," the author Prof Gary Marcus told the UN's AI for Good global summit on Friday. In the rosier version, AI revolutionises medicine, helps tackle the climate emergency and delivers compassionate care to elderly people. But we could be on the precipice of a bleaker alternative, with out-of-control cybercrime, devastating conflict and a descent into anarchy. "I'm not saying what's coming; I'm saying we need to figure out what we're doing," Marcus told the summit.