Artificial intelligence will affect everything and everybody in the workforce, says academic

Bringing together academics and industry experts, a new review into AI has found that it has the potential to bring major social and economic benefits to the UK. Growing the Artificial Intelligence Industry in the UK, chaired by Professor Dame Wendy Hall from the University of Southampton and Jérôme Pesenti from BenevolentTech, gives recommendations on how the UK can make the most of this technology. "The impacts on society and the economy will be profound, although the exact nature of those impacts is uncertain," reads the report. The document estimates that AI could add an additional £630 billion to the UK economy by 2035, and recommends that the Government sets up a secure system of sharing data, creates an industry-funded masters programme and that diversity is increased in the workforce. Hall, a professor of computer science, said that AI is "going to affect everything and everybody". "Rather like computing has affected everybody.