Do we have to keep talking about AI? The machines are always one step ahead

Whether you want to free it or regulate it into submission, one thing is clear: this new technology is moving so fast that we can’t fully grasp it At an 80th birthday party at the weekend, I met an academic who was evasive about his field. When he finally disclosed “computer science”, I asked him why he hadn’t wanted to say, and he replied: “Because I cannot have one conversation about AI.” I couldn’t ask him why not, because of stupid manners; that would have been one conversation about AI. But I don’t want to have another conversation about AI either.