Keir Starmer reveals he will get ChatGPT ‘masterclasses’ from his teenage son
Sir Keir Starmer has revealed he will get ChatGPT classes from his son because the Labour chief will get to grips with the potential of synthetic intelligence (AI).
Speaking at London Tech Week, Sir Keir mentioned he was “really struck” by the speedy fee of change within the sector, which may current “incredible opportunities” to modernise the NHS.
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He cited radiologists utilizing AI to detect most cancers for example of the way it may assist the well being service.
But he mentioned the tech may even have a transformative affect on the roles market – and never essentially for the higher.
“Some jobs being done now by people will almost certainly be done by AI,” he warned, risking the widening of inequality between the richest and poorest.
“The government is right to focus on AI, but there is a long way to go in terms of regulation – and a much more informed discussion about jobs is vitally important.”
‘ChatGPT might be main a part of my son’s life’
Alongside the menace to jobs, Sir Keir mentioned AI may very well be used to unfold misinformation.
While generative AI like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard have impressed customers with their capability to write down essays and go exams, they’ve additionally been proven answerable for inheriting biases and confidently writing falsehoods.
Sir Keir joked that a lot of his publicity to ChatGPT had come through his youngsters.
“I have a masterclass on ChatGPT almost every day because I’ve got a 14-year-old son who looks at it all the time and shows me what it’s capable of,” he mentioned.
“It’s something he thinks is really interesting – and will be a major part of his life.”
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UK’s push for AI management function
Ahead of Sir Keir’s look at London Tech Week, a report by former Labour prime minister Tony Blair and former Conservative chief William Hague instructed the UK can set up a “national laboratory” to check AI to change into the “brain” of a British and worldwide regulator.
The report, titled A New National Purpose: AI Promises a World-Leading Future of Britain, suggests the nationwide lab would work with the personal sector and different nations in researching and testing the know-how.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke at the tech event on Monday, the place he bolstered his want to make the UK a world hub for AI improvement and regulation.
He has just lately met bosses of US tech giants including Google and ChatGPT creator OpenAI to debate the sudden explosion of AI adoption throughout the economic system.
The authorities has additionally introduced Britain will host a world convention within the autumn to debate the regulatory “guardrails” that can mitigate future dangers from the tech, which Mr Sunak in comparison with the COP climate summits.