A video of my conversation with Stuart Russell in Westminster Abbey on 20th November 2018:
Category: Work
Trust is Britain’s secret weapon in the global AI race
From self-driving cars to new drug discoveries and devices which know what you want before you do, AI has the potential to transform our lives as fundamentally as the printing press and electricity. It is estimated AI could add $15.7 trillion to global GDP by 2030. No surprise then that the UK government’s industrial strategy … Continue reading Trust is Britain’s secret weapon in the global AI race
AI Ethics: send money, guns & lawyers
Photo: Iulian Ursu (cc) My speech notes, for a talk given to the Westminster Abbey Institute on 31 May 2018 This evening I’d like to present a problem within what I believe to be the most transformative technology of our lives: artificial intelligence. I’ll suggest why I think that problem will involve some colossal rows involving … Continue reading AI Ethics: send money, guns & lawyers
Policymaker’s guide to Digital
Quite a few colleagues in the Civil Service have asked me recently about how policy professionals can learn more about ‘digital’. This collection of web resources obviously isn’t definitive or authoritative, and I don’t necessarily agree with everything that the authors say, but everything here has helped me personally. If you have other suggestions, please … Continue reading Policymaker’s guide to Digital
Digital Government in the next Parliament
Yesterday I gave a speech to the High Potential Development Scheme cohort of Civil Service Directors and Directors General. I've blogged it here in case it is of wider interest. What does digital mean for you? Getting a decent laptop for work? Maybe getting Google alerts of all the relevant news on your brief, … Continue reading Digital Government in the next Parliament