The first quarter of the 21st century has, we can agree, been eventful. Economic struggles, climate anxiety, terrorism, wars in Europe and the Middle East, a global pandemic and a swing to the political right in many countries have been the headline features, while the revolutionary new tech of AI has been evolving in the background – at a rapid pace. Let’s see how it’s likely to evolve in the foreseeable future, illustrated by predictions from people at its forefront, and ask how AI might intersect with those headline phenomena, and help to mitigate them.
“AI will not replace humans, but those who use AI will replace those who don’t.”VIRGINIA ROMETTY, FORMER CEO OF IBM Ms Rometti neatly sums up the near future of AI with this statement. Pretty much…