How AI is changing our lives

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Thousands of people from all around the world came to Paris this week to talk about the impact of artificial intelligence in society. The rapidly growing technology can emulate a human response and has the potential to learn quickly. This allows it to generate images and words, for example, and do a range of jobs faster and cheaper than humans. We hear from three tech entrepreneurs in Ghana, Denmark and Nigeria where AI is making a positive impact on their businesses - from the music industry, preserving indigenous languages and healthcare. “It has infinite memory. It never needs coffee. It never needs sleep and it’s capable of taking fantastic notes, comparing those notes to other patients,” says Andreas, the co-founder of a Danish medical AI firm. “Then it will write your summary, so you can review it as a doctor afterwards.” There are other industries, however, where workers fear losing jobs due to AI. Two writers from the UK and the United States share how the technology has reduced some of their work prospects and is forcing them to think of other ways to develop their businesses and careers. Conversations hosted by Luke Jones and Mark Lowen. A Boffin Media production with producer Sue Nelson in partnership with the BBC OS team and producers Laura Cress and Angela Sheeran. (Photo: Katie Thompson. Credit: Katie Lingo)