There are a lot of bleak predictions going around about artificial intelligence creating mass unemployment or even becoming sentient and enslaving humankind or killing us all off. In this episode, I speak to one of the world's leading authorities on AI, Professor Dave Cliff about whether the computers of the future will finish us off or save us.

Dave is a professor of Computer Science at Bristol University in the UK, with an impressive CV that includes developing the first automated trading software that revolutionized global financial markets, and advising the British Government on trends in technology

He is confident that AI is not the threat many believe it to be and for the most part believes it is a force for good and here he tells us why

Look. Each to their own.