Technology

Of all the technological revolutions mankind has experienced, AI raises real concerns about the existential threat to the future of humanity. It can evolve as it learns, adjust according to the risks it registers, and, in extreme cases, reinvent itself.

But this gloomy outlook of AI domination requires perspective. In the last 20 years, technology has advanced significantly, leading to remarkable miniaturisation of electronic devices and computing power. For instance, the Apple ARM M1 Max contains 57bn transistors on a chip no larger than a square inch, executing programmable instructions at atomic scale.