Video: The future of machine intelligence

Ian Goldin
Professor of Globalization and Development; Director, Oxford Martin Programme on Technological and Economic Change, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford

“We know that machines can be smarter than humans… but machines can’t do what humans can do. We can’t download our brains yet and we can’t download wisdom, sensitivity, judgement [and] tenderness.”

In this video, Professor Ian Goldin from the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford, calls for good cyber governance and a harmonious interdependence between humans and machines.

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