AI could fix our potholes but also do Britain untold damage [Video]

So, Britain is going “all-in” on artificial intelligence, then. In unveiling its “AI Opportunities Plan”, Keir Starmer has signalled his government’s intention to be a global leader in investigating and adopting the transformative potential of the tool.

The prime minister believes artificial intelligence has the potential to reshape the economy, and could enable his government to deliver on its mission to build an NHS fit for the future, usher in a “golden age of public service reform” and a new era of scientific breakthroughs.

In his enthusiasm, he has echoed his Labour forebear, Harold Wilson, whose head was similarly turned by the “white heat of technology”. When Wilson announced, some 60 years ago, that his administration would lean in to the coming “scientific revolution”, it was in order to modernise British industry and drive economic progress.

In its readiness to adopt, deploy and integrate AI into government business, Starmer has signalled that his administration’s involvement will …