President Sheikh Mohamed and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, on Sunday opened a major gathering of more than 150 leading scientists to help set the stage for the upcoming World Governments Summit (WGS).
The UAE leaders were on hand as the three-day World Laureates Summit - featuring Nobel Prize winners and recipients of a number of prestigious scientific awards - put the growing influence of advanced technology under the microscope.
Experts at the event, held in Dubai's Madinat Jumeirah, told how artificial intelligence could "take control of 98 per cent of everything" by 2050 - and be as hard to overthrow as a government.
As a precursor to Dubai's annual WGS event that begins on Tuesday, scientists gathered to discuss pressing issues around AI and how it should be applied.
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