5 problems artificial intelligence needs to overcome for all our sakes

As a general rule of thumb, the law and government are slow-moving and deliberate. That's really handy for important things that you have to get right, but the trouble is that disruptive technology tends to move much faster. That's bad enough if the disruptive technology you're talking about is (say) the sharing economy, but it's more serious when it's something that Elon Musk once described as "potentially more dangerous than nukes". That thing is artificial intelligence. And while it's hard to feel too threatened when it's your Amazon Echo failing to understand you saying "Play REM" for the tenth time in a row, the threat – potentially – is a real one.