Let’s hope that we won’t end up in a world where films like The Terminator and The Matrix come true. In those movies, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) almost causes the downfall of humanity as machines fight to take control of their surroundings. One cause for concern in computing right now is how the development of AI is mostly done by large, private companies, with little or no regulation and central oversight. That’s not at all to say that AI is a bad thing! Digital assistants on smartphones can help with many day-to-day tasks. Machine learning (ML) in navigation apps can monitor the user’s daily drive to suggest alternate routes based on road or weather conditions. Home-heating controls can adjust automatically based on the outside temperature, time of day, and time of year (such as summer or winter).