From life after death to robot criminals: AI expert reveals his 10 terrifying predictions for how society will change by 2050

‘Artificial intelligence is already transforming the world around us, but one expert predicts terrifying changes on the horizon over the next 30 years.
Professor Toby Walsh believes machine learning has the power to radically alter life as we know it by the year 2050.
Among the more disturbing prophecies, which could be taken straight from an episode of Black Mirror, is that people will live on as chatbots after they die.
The lure of virtual reality and the horrors of reality could also ensnare people into retreating into their deepest and darkest fantasies.
Dr Walsh’s vision for the machine world is outlined in a new book entitled ‘It’s Alive!: Artificial Intelligence from the Logic Piano to Killer Robots’.
In it he portrays a nightmare future where machines control every aspect of our lives, from transport and health to employment and entertainment.’
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