Over the past year, the AI Narratives project at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, in collaboration with the Royal Society, has held a series of four workshops exploring:

• which narratives around intelligent machines are most prevalent, and their historical roots;
• what can be learned from how the narrative around other complex, new technologies developed, and the impact of these;
• how narratives are shaping the development of AI, and the role of arts and media in this process; and
• the implications of current AI narratives for researchers and communicators.

Today we’re delighted to publish a report which brings together the conclusions of these workshops, and which should hopefully be useful for anyone interested in how AI is portrayed and perceived.