Chris Stokel-Walker

Thanks, Coco.

Thanks, Coco.

Yeah, weird U-turn, isn't it? Yeah, we had the Splechley Park Summit around about 18 months ago, where we were told the Terminator is coming to life and we should all prepare for it. And now, suddenly, everything is rosy. AI safety has turned into AI opportunities, but let's also really quietly whisper about the jobs that are going to be displaced. And we should all embrace it.

Yeah, weird U-turn, isn't it? Yeah, we had the Splechley Park Summit around about 18 months ago, where we were told the Terminator is coming to life and we should all prepare for it. And now, suddenly, everything is rosy. AI safety has turned into AI opportunities, but let's also really quietly whisper about the jobs that are going to be displaced. And we should all embrace it.

We're going to become AI junkies, according to the government. We were meant to be mainlining AI into our veins as a country or something weird like that. So we're going to be shambling from one thing to another, seeking the next buzz from artificial intelligence, it seems.

We're going to become AI junkies, according to the government. We were meant to be mainlining AI into our veins as a country or something weird like that. So we're going to be shambling from one thing to another, seeking the next buzz from artificial intelligence, it seems.

Yeah, sorry, I was busy making jokes to actually not answer the question, which is... I'm normally too busy making jokes to ask the question, Chris.

Yeah, sorry, I was busy making jokes to actually not answer the question, which is... I'm normally too busy making jokes to ask the question, Chris.

We'll share the load across all three of us. Yeah, basically what happened was back in July-ish last year, the government commissioned this guy called Matt Clifford, who is this venture capitalist. He's kind of the go-to tech person when the government wants to solve the problem. Because obviously one of the issues that we have is government works incredibly slow. It is incredibly expensive.

We'll share the load across all three of us. Yeah, basically what happened was back in July-ish last year, the government commissioned this guy called Matt Clifford, who is this venture capitalist. He's kind of the go-to tech person when the government wants to solve the problem. Because obviously one of the issues that we have is government works incredibly slow. It is incredibly expensive.

sclerotic, it doesn't necessarily always get to grips with the latest technologies. So they have to bring in people who do understand this and are at the cutting edge of this. So they asked Matt Clifford to basically come up with a plan. They said, we don't currently have a plan for what to do about AI. We've heard about ChatGPT.

sclerotic, it doesn't necessarily always get to grips with the latest technologies. So they have to bring in people who do understand this and are at the cutting edge of this. So they asked Matt Clifford to basically come up with a plan. They said, we don't currently have a plan for what to do about AI. We've heard about ChatGPT.

We know that AI is going to be this huge technology that is going to change our lives. And we know that other countries around the world are making big inroads on this, but we're kind of stuck. So give us a plan for what we can do to try and meet this moment to adopt this technology and to benefit and kind of become one of the best in the world.

We know that AI is going to be this huge technology that is going to change our lives. And we know that other countries around the world are making big inroads on this, but we're kind of stuck. So give us a plan for what we can do to try and meet this moment to adopt this technology and to benefit and kind of become one of the best in the world.

We're already around about number three by most rankings in the world in terms of AI behind the US and China, which isn't bad, by the way, for a country of our size. So Matt Clifford goes away. He pulls together this plan, and it has 50 recommendations that were published before mid-January this year that were almost fully adopted.

We're already around about number three by most rankings in the world in terms of AI behind the US and China, which isn't bad, by the way, for a country of our size. So Matt Clifford goes away. He pulls together this plan, and it has 50 recommendations that were published before mid-January this year that were almost fully adopted.

And the idea is basically that we're going to go full bore into supporting AI, using its benefits to all of our society. And the government has kind of just gone through a checkbox exercise that said, yep, we'll do this, we'll do that, we'll do this. So basically all the recommendations have been adopted in full.

And the idea is basically that we're going to go full bore into supporting AI, using its benefits to all of our society. And the government has kind of just gone through a checkbox exercise that said, yep, we'll do this, we'll do that, we'll do this. So basically all the recommendations have been adopted in full.

Yeah, this is where we get really kind of complicated, Coco, which is that things have changed enormously, but the government wants to say they haven't. We can't go through a kind of 180-degree turn from AI is going to kill us all to AI is going to save us all without asking those questions. And the government really doesn't want to talk about it.

Yeah, this is where we get really kind of complicated, Coco, which is that things have changed enormously, but the government wants to say they haven't. We can't go through a kind of 180-degree turn from AI is going to kill us all to AI is going to save us all without asking those questions. And the government really doesn't want to talk about it.