Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most rapidly expanding technologies in human history.  It is also a disruptive technology that can do harm as well as good.   On the beneficial side are new methods or robotic surgery and improved citations in medical and scientific papers.

On the harmful and dangerous side, if a person’s voice has been recorded on the Web, criminals using AI can imitate the voice and send a message to the person’s family such as “help I’m being held for ransom.”   Continue reading →