What the Blog? is an Essentials video series discussing what’s next for the AI industry, and what we’re all dying to know: Will AI take over the world? Editors Isabella Moulton and Martin Jacobsz bring you a snappy summary of articles directly from our expertly curated AI Essentials Newsletters.

Our first article discusses AI’s potential to wipe out humanity-- in fact, it’s an idea we’ve all been contemplating for a while now. In reality, the prospect of human civilization getting extinguished by its own tools is not that unlikely. There are very real concerns about AI Ethics and even the lack of human control over AI… So, will artificial intelligence be our undoing? Read the article and other latest artificial intelligence news, here.

Our second article highlights why many fear AI will take over the world. However, despite AI growing at exponential rates, it’s still lagging behind in a few very important ways. In reality, artificial intelligence isn’t as advanced as you think, and that’s a good thing. What does AI still lack? Common sense, the ability to continuously learn, making ethical choices (we all remember Microsoft’s Twitter chatbox Tay, which quickly went from peace and love to spewing out sexist and racist slurs in a matter of hours), and finally: an understanding of cause and effect. Curious what else we need to know about AI? Read our blog here.