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Forest 404, Imagine, Forest 404 imagines a world

for a world where artificial intelligence has become the next stage of life on earth.

But are there more immediate examples of AI taking the reins in our everyday lives?

Our pod talker this week is Elsa So Tiriyadis. She's a biofuturist, which means she's a mix of synthetic biologist, sci-fi writer and biotech venture capitalist.

Basically, Elsa is the future. She's even got a chip in her arm. She'll share the latest developments in AI within public and political life.

Could AI help us find a solution for worldwide problems such as global warming?

Can we trust AI to run things for us?

We've now entered an era where most people in the world hold potent AI-driven computers in their pockets.

An era Stephen Hawking calls the most dangerous period in human history.

Five years from now, I think we live in a world run by algorithms.

But what if this is a world not built for you?

What if algorithmic bias leads to blind spots that means certain people are invisible,

like you or me?

This raises a thought-provoking question.

Would you vote for an AI government?

So AI has the potential to manage our limited resources better than we can, for instance,

from managing water resources to AI-run robotic vertical farms, something like a skyscraper,

but with plants and hydroponics inside.

There is also astounding technological progress happening at Imperial College London's

lab for aerial robotics, where researchers are developing drone swarms for aerial printing.

The aim of this research is to eventually enable autonomous drone swarms to fly to disaster

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