Sky News reports:
[https://news.sky.com/story/revealed-how-much-the-governments-spending-on-ai-13463502]
Revealed: How much the government's spending on AI
The government is betting big on artificial intelligence to boost productivity and efficiency, ultimately saving money for taxpayers.
So what does the article highlight as use cases for the investment of over £3 billion in AI:
- A weather and climate forecasting supercomputer
- Something for Transport for London
- Drafting hospital discharge summaries
- Helping intelligence officers 'collate' information
Wow!
This really is world beating stuff.
Has anyone in government actually asked an AI what the government should be investing in?
Instead of investing in flood defences let's get Microsoft to build a supercomputer.
Instead of investing in tramlines for London use AI to do something.
Instead of investing in staff who you can find on a ward to actually give you a discharge summary and provide the at-home care needed in order to enable discharge, we'll get AI to write one.
Instead of investing in more police and efficient scanners at transport hubs, AI will help pinpoint potential threats that no-one has the manpower to deal with and has to wait until they stab someone before anything gets done.