Artificial Intelligence: Our Salvation or Doom?

"The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race, " Stephen Hawking has warned. "We are now solving problems with machine learning and artificial intelligence that were … in the realm of science fiction for the last several decades," retorted Amazon's CEO, Jeff Bezos. What is for sure is that AI (Artificial Intelligence) is living a resurgence and a renaissance. Its impact is already transforming the business, technology and research landscapes. The jury is still out there on the long term consequences, whether they will be beneficial, harmful, or even catastrophic.