Ministers reveal plans on how robots can unlock £630bn for the UK economy

Robots can be used to perform a raft of benign and "dangerous" jobs to unlock £630bn for the UK economy, ministers said today. Tasks including smarter scheduling of medical operations and hiring on-demand self-driving cars can be performed by machines, according to a government-commissioned report into how artificial intelligence (AI) can be developed. Culture minister Karen Bradley said the UK has "some of the best minds in the world working on AI" and urged industry and academia to work more closely together. She said: "I want the UK to lead the way in AI. It has the potential to improve our everyday lives – from healthcare to robots that perform dangerous tasks."