Why it's vital to teach computers to think like us

The fear of robots and artificial intelligence is widespread. If it's not popular culture creating images of psychotic or scheming machines think Ultron in The Avengers or Ava in Ex Machina it's the actual news. According to a steady stream of reports, humans will lose jobs to machines on a vast scale. The latest, coming from the White House in February, said up to 80 per cent of people who are currently making 20 (U.S.) or less an hour are likely to be replaced by robots and AI over the next few decades. Those making over 40 are a little safer, but close to a third will still be made redundant.