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MICK WHITLEY MP is today introducing a Bill in Parliament that aims to secure a people-focused and democratic approach towards increased use of AI across the British economy
SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME: Ai-Da about to make history as the first robot to address the House of Lords: its speech explored the role of machine learning, machine creativity and Artificial Intelligence within the UK, October 11 2022

ARTIFICIAL intelligence could have as wide-reaching and profound an impact on jobs as the first Industrial Revolution.

That was the warning issued by the government’s former chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, when he appeared before Parliament’s science and technology committee earlier this month.

Research commissioned by the then Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy suggests that 7 per cent of all British jobs could be automated out of existence within just five years as a result of AI.

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