Extract from Lords debate on Artificial Intelligence (Select Committee Report) - Nov 19

Tuesday, 20 November 2018 08:06

Lord Clement-Jones (LD):...The context for our report was very much a media background of lurid forecasts of doom and destruction on the one hand and some rather blind optimism on the other. In our conclusions we were certainly not of the school of Elon Musk. On the other hand, we were not of the blind optimist camp. We are fully aware of the risks that the widespread use of AI could raise, but our evidence led us to believe that these risks are avoidable or can be mitigated to reduce...Request free trial