内容摘要：He is one of the most successful designers in the sports industry with a legion of world champions to his name.

He is one of the most successful designers in the sports industry with a legion of world champions to his name.

The more immediate problem, though, could be how the illusion of machines being conscious affects us.In just a few years, we may well be living in a world populated by humanoid robots and deepfakes that seem conscious, according to Prof Seth. He worries that we won't be able to resist believing that the AI has feelings and empathy, which could lead to new dangers.

"It will mean that we trust these things more, share more data with them and be more open to persuasion."But the greater risk from the illusion of consciousness is a "moral corrosion", he says."It will distort our moral priorities by making us devote more of our resources to caring for these systems at the expense of the real things in our lives" – meaning that we might have compassion for robots, but care less for other humans.

And that could fundamentally alter us, according to Prof Shanahan."Increasingly human relationships are going to be replicated in AI relationships, they will be used as teachers, friends, adversaries in computer games and even romantic partners. Whether that is a good or bad thing, I don't know, but it is going to happen, and we are not going to be able to prevent it".

Hanan Issa has just surpassed the halfway milestone in her five-year stint as National Poet for Wales.

Growing up, she said she never saw writing as a viable career: "I'm working class, raised in a council house and to me, it wasn't considered an option."The floods, said to be worst in the area for 60 years, swept through the towns of Tiffin Maza and Anguwan Hausawa after a bout of torrential rain.

In an effort to prevent disease in the area, authorities will soon start to dig out corpses buried underground, Mokwa's district head Muhammadu Aliyu said.Recounting scenes of catastrophe, local residents have told the BBC that they saw their homes and family members get washed away.

Meanwhile, on Sunday, the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) announced it had started the process of providing relief packages to people affected.that roads and bridges were also affected by the flood, which has had a knock-on effect on the local economy and traffic.