Artificial intelligence future wows Davos elite

ROBOTIC ADVANCES: Several advances in artificial intelligence are aimed at the ageing baby-boom generation, which will be the fastest-growing market in the coming years, the experts predicted.

DAVOS, Switzerland: From the robot that washes your clothes to the robot that marks homework: the future world of artificial intelligence wowed the Davos elite, but the rosy picture came with a warning. 

Stuart Russell, a professor of computer science at the University of California Berkeley, painted a futuristic vision for those who hate the chore of washing.