and coming soon to antarctica, boaty mcboatface. well, almost.

and coming soon to antarctica, boaty mcboatface. well, almost. under constrction, the british public overwhelmingly voted for boaty to be its name. but the government overruled them. instead, opting to dedicate the vessel to sir david attenborough, a more fitting title, they said. but the public‘s choice will live on. boaty mcboatface is now the name of the ship's robotic submersible. in the world of tech, there was a battle between man and machine. a champion player of the ancient game of go went up against an artificial intelligence programme developed by google‘s deep mind. after four hours, the human resigned. the computer had won. advances in al are also enabling developments in driverless cars. this vehicle was made by tesla, a company owned by tech entrepreneur, elon musk. owning a car that is not self—driving in the long—term will be like owning a horse. you would own and use it for sentimental reasons, but not for daily use, really. but the burgeoning industry came under the spotlight earlier this year. joshua brown was a huge fan of tesl