There are dreams… and then there’s reality. And when trying to persuade people you are really not a ploddy old analogue prime minister, but actually a Jedi warrior of cutting-edge digital know-how, it’s probably best to pick a venue where the wifi works.
Like so often with high-tech, the wifi at UCL’s Institute of Making didn’t quite deliver what was hoped. So it was a rather bored audience of academics and journos that waited an hour to hear Keir Starmer talk about how artificial intelligence can save Britain’s economy.
He was late starting, too – which suggests a digital watch might make a good starting place for the new revolution.
No 10 handed out some blurb that boasted – and I promise this is not a made-up quote – “today’s plan mainlines AI into the veins of this enterprising nation”. This, presumably, is how PMs will talk in the future when ChatGPTwrites press releases at a …