More often than politicians, but not as often as they should.

If a superior alien civilization sent us a message saying, 'We'll arrive in a few decades', would we just reply, 'OK, call us when you get here - we'll leave the lights on'? Probably not - but this is more or less what is happening with AI.

What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.

The rate of progress is so rapid that what one learns at school or university is always a bit out of date. Only a few people can keep up with the rapidly advancing frontier of knowledge, and they have to devote their whole time to it and specialize in a small area. The rest of the population has little idea of the advances that are being made or the excitement they are generating.

No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before.

The concern here is that financial services become a kind of tech-led Wild West.

The meaning in life is not out there but inbetween our ears. In many ways this makes us the lords of creation.