T he advent of artificial intelligence, and the pace it’s advancing at, is something everyone has an opinion on. For many of us, every new development marks one step closer to a Black Mirror -esque future, where technology has stolen our jobs and humans no longer think for themselves. But in his new BBC Two documentary Seeing into the Future , Chris McCausland tables a defence that forces even the most stubborn AI skeptics to rethink their stance.

The comedian – who began to lose his eyesight in his late teens and has been completely blind since he was around 25 years old – starts by explaining how the introduction of the iPhone’s built-in, screen-reading “Voiceover” feature has already proved to be a game-changer for him. Developments in AI are progressing things even further an

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