Artificial intelligence: Why we must learn from climate-change disasters to stop AI becoming the next big catastrophe

It's too late to prevent global warming; let's not go the same way with AI. There's been much discussion over what the rise of artificial intelligence could mean for society, including how AI impacts on jobs, how government might eventually be forced to step in to fix it, and what's going to happen when it sits inside our driverless cars or even in our homes. Both the White House and the UK's House of Commons have recently released reports into the future of AI. These include recommendations on how to handle current uses of the technology, but government, business, and academia need to start thinking further ahead in order to answer questions about what the future of AI might lead to. Professor Luciano Floridi, director of research and professor of philosophy and ethics of information at Oxford University's Internet Institute, likens it to a game of chess: you don't just take it one step at a time, but aim to plan many steps ahead.