The technological advances over my lifetime have been nothing short of miraculous. From those first programming days when I was a child (using a RML 380z) and my first Texas Instruments calculator, through to the arrival of the supercomputer in your hand, flat screen TVs, self driving cars and wearable tech. A lot has happened, that's for sure. For many years scientists have been grappling with Artificial Intelligence and there have alway been major stumbling blocks (usually in the hardware) which have meant that passing the Turing test has been as far from reality as faster-than-light-travel, but not so any more. The last couple of years have seen that milestone being passed, machines able to vanquish chess grand masters and chatbots handling many of our online interactions…yes, things are changing and changing fast.

AI machines could set us free from hazardous, monotonous or unpleasant work AI machines could go out to work for us whist we stay at home and do what we love there is clearly a darker side. Adam Gray is co-founder of Digital Leadership Associates a company that provides support and guidance in all areas of Social media. Digital Leadership Associates is a consultancy to help companies move to digital and social. DLA provides advice and guidance to companies, given by actual Social practitioners, that is people with experience in social media, social and digital transformations.

The technological advances over my lifetime have been nothing short of miraculous. From those first programming days when I was a child (using a RML 380z) and my first Texas Instruments calculator, through to the arrival of the supercomputer in your hand, flat screen TVs, self driving cars and wearable tech. For many years scientists have been grappling with Artificial Intelligence and there have alway been major stumbling blocks (usually in the hardware) which have meant that passing the Turing test has been as far from reality as faster-than-light-travel, but not so any more. The last couple of years have seen that milestone being passed, machines able to vanquish chess grand masters and chatbots handling many of our online interactions…yes, things are changing and changing fast. I always do it because it helps me to see whether the things I'm doing now for short-term gains are in fact part of my longer term strategy and when I extrapolate the concept of AI…I'm not sure I like what I see.

Artificial intelligence (AI) shows a lot of promise yet some of the most recent news seems a bit alarming. Two AI agents were programed to communicate privately and they created their own cryptography. AI is now improving its capabilities by dreaming. And AI predicted correctly that Trump would win the presidency. Naturally, these events are causing people to ask a lot of questions about AI.