Given the trajectory of AI’s impact on society, the UAE has launched a Ministry of Artificial Intelligence to keep citizens up to date. With people feeling ill-equipped and nervous about technological change, the government is hoping that a sense of preparedness will foster innovation, rather than fear.

Over 70% of people fear AI in some way, with 24% worried it will take over the world. Canvas8 spoke to Tom Chatfield, author of Critical Thinking, to find out how we can create AI that won’t jeopardise our liberty, and to understand how human biases influence machine programming.

People are nervous about emerging technologies, yet 63% of people don’t realise they already using AI every day. Canvas8 spoke with Alex Salkever, co-author of The Driver in the Driverless Car and VP of communications at Mozilla, to understand how we can rethink AI's presence in our lives.

Can bots be bigoted? The evidence so far would suggest yes, but that no longer has to be the case. With research unveiling techniques that can remove algorithmic bias without compromising sensitive data, the main barriers preventing AI adoption among the masses could be broken down.