Promises and perils of the new AI

Promises and perils of the new AI
Looking on the bright side of where the new AI could take us. (Image: Getty)
Ben Moore
The new wave of artificial intelligence tools are both simpler and more complicated than you might think.On the one hand, at a basic level, they are just a new way of interacting with all things digital.You can think about it as similar to how Apple’s iPhone fundamentally changed the way we interact with the internet, thanks to touchscreens and apps.Put another way, Stephen Ponsford, chief executive of Spark’s artificial intelligence (AI) and data specialist subsidiary Qrious, described it as a platform on which digital tools can be...

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