A conscious AI could one day control EVERY device on the planet

Artificial intelligence can now cook you a meal, chat to you on your phone, and beat you in a game of rock, paper, scissors. But Andy Rubin, who co-founded Android, believes that AI in the future will go one step further - being so powerful that it underpins every connected device. Mr Rubin said a combination of quantum computing and AI advancements could yield a conscious intelligence that would control every internet-enabled gadget. According to recent studies, certain jobs are already at risk of being replaced by automated workers. Accountants are 99 per cent likely to lose their jobs to machines.