AI will end the west’s weak productivity and low growth. But who exactly will benefit? | Larry Elliott

With swaths of white collar jobs at risk, the clock is ticking on the development of policy to meet this huge societal challengeElon Musk is not most people’s idea of a classic technophobe, so when the owner of Twitter warns of the dangers of artificial intelligence, it is worth sitting up and taking notice. Fearful that a new generation of ever-smarter machines threatens life on Earth as we know it, Musk was one of many at the cutting edge of technological change calling for a six-month t