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Half of British adults are already worried about losing their jobs to AI. | Cristobal Herrera-Ulashkevich\/EPA<\/p>\nHalf of British adults are already worried about losing their jobs to AI. | Cristobal Herrera-Ulashkevich\/EPA<\/p>\n
Michael Birtwistle, associate director of AI law and regulation at the Ada Lovelace Institute, said \u201ctransformative AI,\u201d which is defined by the technology\u2019s societal impacts rather than its inherent properties, is a more useful concept for government to consider than AGI.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re going to bet on the hype of a technology with the public purse, you should be anticipating what its transformative effects might be \u2014 jobs, environment, public services, public benefit,\u201d he said. \u201cIf that\u2019s in scope for this work then it sounds sensible.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Industry representatives, meanwhile, argue there\u2019s little value in worrying about AGI if British businesses fail to adopt and invest in AI in the first place.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One corporate lobbyist, granted anonymity to speak frankly about their interactions with government, said DSIT\u2019s interest in AGI feels disconnected from the reality on the ground, where business leaders are debating whether to invest in AI. A recent study<\/a> by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that 95 percent of AI pilots by businesses fail to meaningfully increase revenue.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, Kyle announced measures to strengthen the market for independent assessment of AI systems in a bid to increase adoption by bolstering trust in the technology, a focus industry groups have argued has been missing from government policy to date.<\/p>\n