Do people want more selective social media? Can VR extend to our other senses? And how is AI heightening expectations for personalisation? In this part of the 2018 Expert Outlook series, we speak to three technology experts about how the devices we use are changing us.

The rise of more human-like AI has brought on fears around its possible misuses and threats. Following critiques of its new AI innovation, Google has reassured people that its controversially realistic AI voice system, Duplex, will declare itself to humans as an artificial intelligence.

Some of the brightest British minds in computer science are being lured across the pond by the high salaries of American tech companies such as Google and Amazon. In response, the UK government is investing an additional £300 million in machine learning technologies to plug the brain drain.

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.