Artificial intelligence must be used for the public good or it could exacerbate inequalities and make some communities even poorer, British opposition leaders warned Tuesday.
Kia Starmer also questions whether Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is doing enough to make Britain a leader in AI.
As Sturmer spoke at London Tech Week on Tuesday, two former prime ministers, Conservative William Hague and Labor Tony Blair, said they would test AI to become the “brains” of international regulators. supported the plan for a national laboratory.
Sunak called on industry leaders on Monday to tackle the “extraordinary” potential created by advances in AI to ensure the UK is the tech hub of the future.
He said he wants the UK to be the intellectual and geographical home of AI regulation.
Sturmer is now presenting his vision for how to deal with the fast-paced technological change.
“Our country faces a choice of who will benefit from the massive disruption that technology will bring,” he is expected to say.
“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. Is it the worker who seeks to strengthen and improve the
He also argued that despite the UK’s success in science and research, a lack of conviction in the ruling Conservative Party and a lack of industrial strategy ensure that the country’s advantages are being squandered. I plan to.
Discussing AI, he is also expected to say: “The question facing our country is who will benefit from this turmoil? ?
“Or will it help build a society where everyone is included and where inequality is reduced rather than increased?
“This moment calls for worker values to work with businesses, use technology for the common good, and ensure that people and places are not left behind.
“Labour will take a whole-of-the-economy approach, recognizing that technology is not just a sector and that every job and every business must be digitized to address the UK’s productivity problems.
“Diffusion of the latest technology across the economy and public services will be just as important as supporting the latest unicorn companies.”
Sturmer will tell tech audiences that Labor will put the use of new technology at the heart of government.
“I will use technology as a major driver of the government’s five missions, working with businesses to face the future and deliver growth, prosperity and opportunity across the UK,” he said.
“We will shape the new digital skills agenda through a ‘growth and skills’ tax that prepares people for the jobs of the future.
“Labor’s industrial strategy, combined with appropriate regulation, will ensure and create good jobs and responsible and ethical development of new technologies.”
Blair and Haig are calling for a “total restructuring,” including an overhaul of government structures, to accommodate the “fundamentally reshaped” society that AI technology is expected to create.
The project loosely models the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) and aims to ensure the safe use of AI.
The five-year goal of such institutes is to “form an international regulatory function across the AI ecosystem.”
“Society is being radically reshaped, calling for a more strategic state and fundamental changes in planning for the future,” says the report’s joint foreword. New national purpose: AI promises a world-leading future for the UK Said.
“These ideas are intended to help all parties find the best way forward with the speed and priority they need in an era of dramatic change and opportunity that has already begun. .”
Benedict Macon-Cooney, lead author of the report, added: “AI is an era-defining technology, and countries that can harness its potential will define the future.
“We are in a race against time, and every step and decision must be made quickly and with clear goals. It’s about pushing forward.”
Updated on June 12, 2023 at 11:01 PM
