According to Kevin Kelly, “We’ll spend the next three decades – indeed, perhaps the next century – in a permanent identity crisis, continually asking what humans are good for”. The chat bot based App has already been extended to help the homeless and refugees access good legal advice for free.Įvery development in Artificial Intelligence raises new questions about what it means to be human. It has been successfully used by 160,000 people and was developed by Joshua Bowder, a 20 year old whose mission in life is to put lawyers out of business through simple technology. There is now an app which helps motorists challenge parking fines without the help of a lawyer ( DoNotPay). As a society we need to face the reality that work is changing and evolving.ĪI is already beginning to change the medical profession, accountancy, law and banking. Within a decade, the transport industry may have changed completely. Yesterday the government announced the first trials of automatic lorry convoys on Britain’s roads. Self driving lorries and the future of workĪI will change the future of work. The technology can bring significant benefits but it can also disrupt our lives. We need a greater level of education about AI and what it can do and is doing at every level in society – including schools. The government announced its plans in August for a strengthening of UK protection law. New technology means regulation on data protection needs to keep pace. This matters for all of us – but especially the young and the vulnerable. They are an essential part of our human identity and knowing who we are – and we are far more than consumers. Personal boundaries and personal privacy matter. All of this will be done with no human input whatsoever. They can sell the data on to well known on line retailers who can then email you with specific suggestions of cushion covers or lamps to match your furniture. The cameras will then transmit the data back to the company who make the robot. To do this it will make a map of your room using its onboard cameras. The robot will use AI to navigate the best route round your living room. It’s now possible to buy a robot vacuum cleaner to take the strain out of household chores. Robot vacuum cleaners and personal privacyĪ story in the Times caught my eye in July. Here are just some of the reasons why all of this matters The Committee has a broad focus and is currently seeking evidence from a wide group of people and organisations. In June I was appointed to sit on a new House of Lords Select Committee on AI as part of my work in the House of Lords. I’ve been exploring Artificial Intelligence for some time now. AI answers our questions through Siri (on the iPhone) or Alexa (on Amazon). Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now beginning to affect all of our lives.Įvery time you search the internet or interact with your mobile phone or shop on a big store online, you are bumping into artificial intelligence. He plays out scenes from Star Wars and Jaws with a range of voices, movements, gestures and special effects (including shark fins swimming across the screens which form his eyes).Īrtie can’t yet hold an intelligent conversation but it won’t be long before his cousins and descendants can.
We met last week at Oxford Brookes University.
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