‘You can do both’: experts seek ‘good AI’ while attempting to avoid the bad

While AI revolutionises medicine, bleaker alternatives present themselves, UN’s AI for Good conference finds

A panel of AI-enabled humanoid social robots at the ‘AI for Good’ global summit in Geneva, Switzerland. The event was ostensibly focused on the positives of AI technology. Picture: Martial Trezzini/Keystone/ AP

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,” author Professor Gary Marcus told the UN’s AI for Good global summit.