A whistle-stop tour of the current state-of-the-art in AI, from ChatGPT to deepfakes and self-driving cars. Its complex models, immense amounts of data and computer power represent the biggest hurdles in the pursuit of AGI (artificial general intelligence) and explainable, robust systems. As AI technologies become increasingly prominent, their certification is paramount in protecting humanity. A discussion on how these systems work, why they work, what they do and where they are currently flawed with Matthew Hopkins, a machine learning engineer,