Politicians need to get to grips with potential dangers of Artificial Intelligence

Stephen Hawking has warned of the dangers of ‘effective AI’. It needs to be governed before it gets too big, too quickly, writes Guy Verhofstadt.

Stephen Hawking has warned of the dangers of ‘effective AI’. It needs to be governed before it gets too big, too quickly, writes Guy Verhofstadt.

At least since Mary Shelley created Victor Frankenstein and his iconic monster in 1818, humans have had a morbid fascination with manmade beings that could threaten our existence.