UK 'unprepared for robot threat to jobs', say MPs

Artificial intelligence is the future, says parliamentary committee, but we are still a long way from Star Wars

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Britain is not prepared to face a future where artificial intelligence (AI) and automation become a part of everyday life, says the parliamentary committee on science and technology.

Citing examples such as driverless cars and intelligent software assistants, the MPs said that while "science fiction is slowly becoming science fact", so far "government leadership in the fields of robotics and AI has been lacking".

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