If Machines Take Over, Who Will Be in Charge?

Experts discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of artificial intelligence at The Future of Everything Festival; plus, beauty’s future is more than skin-deep

On HBO’s “Westworld,“ Jeffrey Wright plays Bernard, the chief android programmer. At The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival, he shared his views on the real-life melding of humans and technology.

We are hurtling toward a future where machines are taking over and, as speakers at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival Tuesday noted, there aren’t many brakes in place.

Nine tech companies, including Alphabet and Tencent, are largely deciding the direction of artificial-intelligence research and implementation, said Amy Webb, founder of the Future Today Institute.

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Technology has transformed our world, turning one-time science fiction into reality. WSJ’s Future of Everything Festival explores the next frontier.

Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov on the overblown fears about AI.

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