Experts disagree over threat posed but artificial intelligence cannot be ignored

Some say the existential dangers of a God-like' AI is overplayed but even then there are other impacts to be wary of

For some AI experts, a watershed moment in artificial intelligence development is not far away. And the global AI safety summit, to be held at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire in November, therefore cannot come soon enough.

Ian Hogarth, the chair of the UK taskforce charged with scrutinising the safety of cutting-edge AI, raised concerns before he took the job this year about artificial general intelligence, or God-like" AI. Definitions of AGI vary but broadly it refers to an AI system that can perform a task at a human, or above human, level - and could evade our control.