Embrace AI – history suggests there is no other choice - Watson

Artificial Intelligence (or AI) is one of the technology innovations of the moment. And like many other significant innovations, it is dividing opinion. Proponents believe that AI will have a profoundly positive impact on our biggest challenges, like preventing disease, creating a fairer society and reducing our impact on the environment. Critics are less enthusiastic; some people believe that AI represents an existential threat to humankind. So should we welcome AI or resist it?