The UK technology sector will have to lose its fear of failure and embrace the artificial intelligence revolution, the Minister for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has argued. Matt Hancock MP, speaking at the CogX event in London, said that more firms should take the'fail fast' approach embraced by so many technology organisations around the world. "Both in the private and public sector, I want to see more freedom to fail," Hancock said. "Anybody who's been involved in a startup knows that the freedom to fail is vital to even starting. "In government, having been responsible for driving out the use of digital technology, I know that concerns about risk are often a big reason why things move slowly." He also emphasised the importance of the UK getting on board with artificial intelligence and similar disruptive technologies, so that it doesn't get left behind. According to Hancock, there is little point in trying to stem the tide of job disruption as a result of artificial intelligence. Instead, he believes that we should embrace new types of work that emerge. "My view having studied this is that the jobs that are going, are going anyway.