Lifestyle “Creating artificial
intelligent life has long
been the stuff of science
fiction but Steve Grand
may be on the verge of
turning it into science
fact.”

Given that he is a
self-taught computer
programmer with three
mediocre A-levels, who
works out of a converted
garage at his home in
Somerset, and that Lucy
is being knocked together
on a shoestring budget
with no part costing more
than £50, you might
reckon this to be a
laughable claim. But no
one in the know is
laughing.

Grand is the acknowledged world leader in
artificial intelligence; he has been cited as one
of the 18 scientists most likely to revolutionise
our lives in the 21st century…