[janice1999]

>the AI industry needs a government that is on their side, one that won’t sit back and let opportunities slip through its fingers. And in a world of fierce competition, we cannot stand by. We must move fast and take action to win the global race.

This sounds like desperation more than anything else. I think a rush to use AI in public services without thorough planning and a critical mindset will inevitability lead to another Post Office or Robodebt scandal [2].

[1] https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Post-Office-Horizon-s... [2] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-66130105

[gazchop]

Worse. Much worse. Healthcare and social care will be involved almost immediately and forced to suck up all the bad ideas and inappropriate uses to keep interest up. People who raise rational objections will be silenced.

[voidr]

> one that won’t sit back and let opportunities slip through its fingers

Maybe they should fix the economy to attract more AI companies and researchers instead, while they are at it they can fix the police force as well to give confidence to said companies and researchers.

The lack of data centers is not the reason I'm not researching AI at the moment, I can buy the hardware or rent a US data center, the reason is that the UK economy is dead, borrowing is insanely expensive and taxes are so high that most of the profits would go to the government, which would be fine if it would spend it on things that matter, but it's not doing that, it's just buying votes.