I'm expecting the DWP to instantly adopt whatever AI it is that that insurance company that recently lost its CEO uses to deny claims. And all I can do is hope that they, and those enabling them, get a similar response (though who am I kidding, if the general public gave two shits about poor and especially disabled people being deliberately and systemically denied support and left to die, we'd have seen a reaction a decade ago).
Each technology hype-cycle is more boring than the previous one, and clueless business “leaders” and politicians predictably falling for it more depressing. It is really hard not to become utterly cynical.
Meanwhile there would be lots of productive uses for machine learning techniques when properly applied in a domain to assist human experts. Often used example is identifying anomalies in x-rays. These techniques are incredibly powerful in pattern recognition, which could be used to good effect in countless domains.
Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle told the BBC there was no reason why the UK could not create tech companies on the same scale as Google, Amazon, and Apple.
'It's a shame that the torment nexus isn't British.' We should be talking about breaking these companies up, not putting a Rule Britannia spin on cyberpunk.
Encouraging the greater development of the UK's tech sector generally is a good thing. But having "unleashed AI" as the foundation for that doesn't sound the best idea.
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This sounds good then next thing you know you're naked at Stonehenge trying to cut a cow's neck with a sickle.
No leylines, no ai, no magic cloud people.
The UK needs to rely on good old mud and rain and leaden skies.
oh thats a common misconception. The magic is not in the blood. Its in the seed. So you will need a bull. An yeah there will be some nakedness but the the brilliant thing is its also a job creation program.