Few things seem more removed from what makes us human, in our data-driven world, than AI, its very name a reminder that it imitates a human trait, but is not the real thing.

Yet, in these uncertain times, AI could be the missing element to help bridge the gap between our human need to connect with and understand our world, and the reams of data that help us make decisions about that world and our place in it.

The idea that artificial intelligence can somehow assist in making us more – not less – human seems counterintuitive.