Don't wait for politics to be saved. It's time to get involved

Many people tend to ignore domestic politics until something goes wrong and it bites them – as it has now with Brexit

Do you know much about the technological “singularity”? No, nor do I, it’s way above my pay grade. But I heard it mentioned this week in the context of the meltdown over Brexit and the shambolic mess into which second-rate political leadership has led us.

Basically the much-disputed thesis of the singularity is the moment in the not too distant future when the exponential growth of artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates to the point where supercomputers can improve themselves without human knowledge, let alone consent. They can then take over, if they so choose.

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