Artificial intelligence will decisively reshape how all of us live and work together. It will help humanity learn more, waste less, work smarter, live longer and better understand and predict almost anything that can be measured.
Yet the promises and benefits of AI and related computing technologies clearly come with risks, including threats to privacy, public safety, jobs and the security of nations. The stakes are as serious as can be.
China is reportedly spending around $1bn a year on AI. France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands are all investing heavily in co-ordinated ways, and Canada and South Korea are also pursuing focused national AI strategies. The UK has announced a £50m fellowship fund to attract top machine learning researchers.