The two main fears around ai are that the information these systems produce is gibberish and that it unfairly takes jobs away from people who don't make such careless mistakes. But the current UK government is actively promoting the use of ai to do work normally done by civil servants, including drafting responses to parliamentary inquiries. he Financial times reports.
UK Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden is about to unveil a “red box” tool that can supposedly absorb and summarize information from authoritative sources such as parliamentary records. A separate instrument is also being trialled which should work in a similar way but with individual responses to public consultations. While it's unclear how quickly the ai tool can do this work, Dowden says he's been working with 25 officials for three months. However, drafts would supposedly always be double-checked by a human and include the origin.
ai-cut-jobs-civil-service-oliver-dowden/” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:The Telegraph;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>The Telegraph quoted Dowden as arguing that implementing artificial intelligence technology is critical to cutting public administration jobs, something he wants to do. “I think it really is the only way if we want to embark on a sustainable path towards downsizing. Remember how much the size of the civil service has grown as a result of the pandemic and the preparation for leaving the EU. We need to really embrace these things to reduce the numbers.” Dowden's statement aligns with the hopes of his boss, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, to use technology to increase government productivity; Surprisingly, neither person has offered to save money by giving ai their job.
Dowden shows some restraint about ai doing everything. In a briefing before the speech, he noted that the government would not use ai for any “new, controversial or highly politically sensitive areas.” At the same time, the Cabinet Office's ai division will grow from 30 to 70 staff and get a new budget of £110 million ($139.1 million), up from £5 million ($6.3 million).
