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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

DARK SECRETS: You can do both experts seek good ai while attempting to avoid the bad - The Real Truth

Ameca, a humanoid robot by Engineered Arts, speaks during the world's first press conference with a panel of AI-enabled humanoid social robots.
Ameca, a humanoid robot by Engineered Arts, speaks during the world's first press conference with a panel of AI-enabled humanoid social robots. Photograph: Martial Trezzini/EPA

Humanity is at a crossroads that may be summed up as AI for good v AI gone bad, according to a leading artificial intelligence expert.

“I see two futures here,” the author Prof Gary Marcus told the UN’s AI for Good global summit on Friday.

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