I fear I shall disappoint you, Miss D. There is no artificial superintelligence lurking in the vaults. No army of robots poised to take over Britain. I am not Dr Strangelove. The breakthrough – when it comes – will be in America or China. Try blagging your way into Facebook’s Building 8, or hacking Elon Musk’s Neuralink – but don’t waste your time in Manchester, where it all began. The British don’t have the resources for the next stage.
