Concerns about AI interfering with the 2024 elections are well-founded, yet not unprecedented in recent history. In 1975, the Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA foreshadowed today's AI concerns. Asilomar set the precedent on how to respond to changes in scientific knowledge. According to conference organizers, biochemist Paul Berg and molecular biologist Maxine Singer, the proper response to new scientific knowledge was to develop guidelines that governed how to regulate it. They were as wrong as those asking for AI regulation.

The world has embarked on a new era of exciting technologies - and experts reveal how augmented reality, robotics and artificial intelligence are poised to change our daily lives in almost unimaginable ways. Mike Rhodes, CEO & Founder of ConsultMyApp, told DailyMail.com With PwC predicting that artificial intelligence could add $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030 (more than the output of China and India combined), we're on the verge of the biggest technological transformation in history. Augmented reality contact lenses will enable people to explore digital worlds. Instead of carrying smartphones, people will use AI contact lenses to display the information they get from their phones now, Rhodes told DailyMail.com.

NESTA unveils its top 10 predictions for innovative technology trends to watch out for this year. "This year's predictions cover technologies and trends that would once be dismissed as science fiction but are now set to tip over into mainstream acceptance," was the bold assertion of innovation charity NESTA as it launched its highly respected yearly report. Yet as you read through, it's hard not to agree with them. We're definitely living in a brave new world, but who are likely to be the winners and losers of all this disruption? The report looks not only at the technology, but to its wider impact in society.

After reading the morning news, you would be forgiven for pronouncing 2017 a low moment for the world. Whether the rise of uncivil politics, the insecurity of one's personal data, the continued threat of terrorism and nuclear weapons or yet another example of those in power abusing their station, it's been a downer of a year. In times like these, it helps to look forward to a more optimistic future we might still realize. My colleagues and I at A.T. Kearney's Global Business Policy Council have done just that in our year-ahead predictions for 2018. Yes, there are some definite challenges ahead, but we also identified two especially bright spots.