BCS: more diverse workforce key to UK AI ethics global leadership

The BCS has published a report advocating that the UK should take a global lead on the application of ethics to artificial intelligence (AI). It said that the UK "can lead the world in creating AI that cares about humanity – provided more people from non-tech backgrounds choose the field". It added that a more diverse range of people need to be in AI-related jobs if public trust in the technology is to grow, and that government and the IT industry need to join forces to make sure that happens. The policy discussion document Priorities for the national AI strategy is intended to complement the UK government's National AI Strategy, which is due to be released later this year, a BCS spokesperson said. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the government's Office for AI are aware of the contents of the BCS document.