Introduction:

Artificial intelligence (AI) already plays an increasingly important role in our lives — though we might not know it — but the computer coding behind it doesn’t yet reflect everyone’s needs, a leading tech expert believes.

In an appeal for an “open and inclusive” dialogue on AI led by the UN, Anastassia Lauterbach warns that without it, unexpected harm might result.

She’s been sharing her views at an International Telecommunications Union (ITU) event, where she spoke to Jens Renner.