Government thinking on AI and robotics needs reboot, report says » Digital By Default News

Advances in robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) hold the potential to fundamentally reshape the way we live and work, yet the government does not yet have a strategy for developing skills, a report by the Science and Technology Committee has concluded. The report states that AI systems are starting to have transformational impacts on everyday life: from driverless cars and supercomputers that can assist doctors with medical diagnoses, to intelligent tutoring systems that can tailor lessons to meet a student's individual cognitive needs. Such breakthroughs raise a host of questions for society, including ethical issues about the transparency of AI decision-making as well as privacy and safety. The Committee is calling for a Commission on Artificial Intelligence to be established at the Alan Turing Institute to examine the social, ethical and legal implications of recent and potential developments in AI. The UK is well-placed to provide this type of intellectual leadership, it adds.