The Labor leader is also expected to speak to the London Tech Week conference on Tuesday about the legacy of decades of deindustrialization and warn that as technology advances, the same mistakes cannot be repeated.
Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer warns that artificial intelligence (AI) could exacerbate inequalities and make some communities even poorer.
In a speech at the London Tech Week conference on Tuesday, he said: Sir Kia He argues that while the UK has the opportunity to lead the world in new technologies, it will need partnerships with companies for the ‘public good’.
he is expected to ask whether he is prime minister Rishi Snack We are doing our best to strengthen the UK’s position as a world leader. AI.
Opposition leaders are also expected to talk about the legacy of decades of deindustrialization and warn that as technology advances, the same mistakes cannot be repeated.
“Our country faces a choice as to who will benefit from the great disruption that technology will bring,” Lord Keir said in his speech.
“Whether it’s people already in the grip of wealth and power, or startups trying to break into an industry and disrupt it, or patients trying to book appointments with their primary care physicians, technology can be used to transform their role. workers seeking to strengthen and improve
“can [AI] Will we contribute to building a society in which all are included and where inequality is reduced rather than increased?
“This moment calls for labor We embrace the values of working with businesses, using technology for the common good, and ensuring that people and places are not left behind. “
At a conference on Monday, Sunak said cautionary measures were needed to guard against the “extreme risks” that AI could pose.
On the other hand, a report by a former Labor Prime Minister said: Tony Blair and previous conservative Its leader, William Haig, has argued that the UK should set up a “national laboratory” to test AI and be the “brain” of both British and international regulators.
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Former leaders have argued that a “complete restructuring”, including an overhaul of government structures, is needed to accommodate the “radically reshaped” society that technology is expected to create.
Titled ‘A new national purpose: AI promises a world-leading future for the UK’, the report suggests national laboratories will work with the private sector and other countries to research and test the technology. are doing.
According to the report, the institute’s five-year goal is to “form an international regulatory function across the AI ecosystem.”
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The system will need “sufficient resources to operate at the cutting edge of AI,” the paper said, citing the £1 billion annual budget of a similar AI research project, DeepMind.
The report also concludes that the UK should work with the US and other allies to promote a new UN framework for emergency safeguards against this technology.
