On the 11th of May 1997 Chess enthusiasts watched World Chess champion Garry Kasparov lose the sixth and final match of a novel but symbolic series. Kasparov lost this deciding match in just 19 moves against the IBM’s Deep Blue computer in New York. For many is was the first sign that computers would one day be replacing and surpassing human in a wide variety of ways. Almost 20 years on and it is no longer a novelty. Advancements in cyber-physical systems and artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping our society, promising a world where machines can do almost any task that a human can do and, more often then not, do it better. “The speed at which AI is improving is beyond even the most optimistic people,” said Kai-fu Lee, former Google and Microsoft executive in China, now a venture capitalist with Sinovation Partners, during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum. “Pretty much […]