After a decade of stop-and-go development, Artificial Intelligence has now begun to provide real, tangible value to the business world. McKinsey published an 80-page report titled "Artificial Intelligence: The Next Digital Frontier?" which provides a comprehensive analysis of the value that Artificial Intelligence (AI) creates for businesses. The report points out that "wide application of Artificial Intelligence technology will bring great returns to businesses." This means that the disruptive nature of AI will continue to become more apparent in the future. Governments, enterprises, and developers should all be clear on this point. Currently, researchers and businesses are focusing on Artificial Intelligence systems such as robotics and automated transportation, virtual agents, and Machine Learning (including Deep Learning and the foundations of several recent advancements in AI technologies).

Insurance lawyers have been pondering who is to blame if a self-driving car crashes, for instance. A recent report by Pro Publica also shows certain crime prediction software is racially biased when used to assessing the likelihood of criminal behavior. Asaro is also a member of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, which advocates banning weapons like drone planes that attack targets without human intervention. "There is a moral, and often a legal, requirement to judge the necessity of taking life or doing violence against a person," Asaro says. "Machines, including AI technology for as far as we can foresee their capabilities, will not be moral or legal agents such that they would be capable of making these judgements."