Stephen Cave has considerable experience of well-intentioned actions that have unhappy consequences. A former senior diplomat in the foreign office during the New Labour era, he was involved in treaty negotiations which later – and unexpectedly – unravelled to trigger several international events that included Brexit. "I know the impact of well-meant global events that have gone wrong," he admits. His experience could prove valuable, however. The former diplomat, now a senior academic, is about to head a new Cambridge University institute which will investigate all aspects of artificial intelligence in a bid to pinpoint the intellectual perils we face from the growing prowess of computers and to highlight its positive uses.

Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! An organizational movement towards mass digitization is underway -- and no industry is exempt. The number of connected devices is expected to reach 55.7 billion by 2025, of which 75% will be connected to an IoT platform -- a shift that has presented a significant environmental challenge for organizations. The increased demand for data storage and computing power has many questioning their sustainability efforts and raises the question: How can enterprises leverage and implement artificial intelligence (AI) and other smart technology without growing their carbon footprints?

We are on the verge of something meaningful and incredible with emergent artificial intelligence, says Toni Lane Casserly. But which way will humanity steer it?

As technology rapidly progresses, some proponents of artificial intelligence believe that it will help solve complex social challenges and offer immortality via virtual humans. But AI's critics are sounding the alarm, going so far as to call its development an "existential threat" to mankind. Is this the stuff of science fiction? Could the "Terminator" become reality, or will these fears prevent the next technological revolution?