Rishi Sunak will outline his ambition for Britain to lead the world in tackling the dangers posed by artificial intelligence when he meets Joe Biden this week.
The Prime Minister is looking to launch a global AI watchdog in London and hopes to host an international summit to devise rules on AI regulation.
He will discuss the proposals with the US president during talks at the White House. Rishi Sunk is visiting Washington DC on Tuesday for talks with Joe Biden on Ukraine and security but AI will also be high up on the agenda.
Last week some of the most prominent names in technology warned that AI could lead to the destruction of humankind, calling it to be prioritised alongside risks such as nuclear war.
There are fears that humanity could lose control of super-intelligent systems or that AI could launch cyberattacks or endanger democracy by propagating mass disinformation.
Rishi Sunak believes the UK is well placed to bring allies together to agree on an approach to tackle the threats while also harnessing the opportunities.
Sunday night a government source said that the Prime Minister was very alive to the need for international alignment as the technology evolves to ensure we can benefit from the opportunities but manage the risks.
And it was said that the United Kingdom was well placed to take a leading role in that and the first step was engaging with their allies from around the world.
Rishi Sunak has been meeting technology bosses in recent weeks to discuss AI and said last week that while it could bring massive benefits it needs to be done in a safe and secure way.
He said that he thought the UK could play a leadership role because ultimately, they’re going to grapple with this problem and solve it if they work together not just with the companies, but with countries around the world.
He said it was something that he’d already been discussing with other leaders at the G7 summit the other week, and that he would be doing it again when he visits the US.
Rishi Sunak is said to believe that the UK is well positioned to bring together allies from across the world post-Brexit, as it had done with the Aukus security pact and Hiroshima Accord, a strategic partnership with Japan.
Rishi Sunak’s plan is clear. Do nothing at all but talk big about what he’s going to do.
In fact, the UK Government would benefit greatly from Artificial Intelligence because clearly, the UK Government doesn’t have any actual brains, and perhaps Rishi Sunak should have a week at home and talk to the British people. But instead, he showboats and grandstands all over the globe and throws billions of pounds that we haven’t got at any person who asks for it. Rishi Sunak should start taking his position as Prime Minister seriously or stand aside and let someone else in.
This all sounds like a distraction because you can’t put AI back in the box any more than you can reverse splitting the atom, and clearly, Rishi Sunak is the ship’s fool and somebody is pulling his strings and it’s not the voters, and Rishi Sunak is the janitor who says a lot, but does nothing.
He should be concentrating on getting rid of those that revel in the perks and yank their noses out of the trough because eventually, taxpayers are going to revolt, and it can’t come anytime soon.
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