We need a much more intelligent approach to the rise of AI | Letters

But it may not be one that we like. Society needs a moratorium on AI development, as called for by Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking and others, to decide what to do next.

Governments could, for example, move from taxing labour and work to taxing business AI, robot and software applications, especially those that displace human beings from the workforce. This would value human effort over machine contributions, and should help slow down the rollout of runaway AI as costs rise. The revenues could pay for an AI oversight agency, and retraining and other boosts to human wellbeing that Larry Elliott advocates.Charles SecrettBrighton

So my rather polarising careers advice to students would be to either become higher-tech or more intensely human: to learn programming and coding to ensure they control the AI, or go into the most human and caring of callings, because that is where we will need the skills. This might therefore be a good time for the government to remodel its national workforce plans and ensure that remuneration is sufficient to keep doctors, nurses, animal care specialists and teachers happy in their jobs.Yvonne WilliamsRyde, Isle of Wight