Artificial Intelligence — two words bandied about so frequently this past decade that they began to lose all resonance. It took the launch of ChatGPT to take AI from the niche into the mainstream. As millions played with OpenAI’s creation, the jaw- dropping capabilities of machine learning became clear; how its implementation into the everyday will revolutionise our working lives and financial economies. We see clearly now the powerful potential – what we need is joined-up thinking to ensure the UK becomes an AI-accelerated superpower.
There is no industry sector that will not benefit from some use of AI. Enhancing personalised medical care, improving government services and aiding software development are just some of the key areas that AI will radically affect. AI has already transformed warfare and is proving critical in Ukraine in intelligence gathering. Helping to direct ‘seek and destroy’ missions with drones, by organising and labelling vast quantities of data collected through satellite imagery, is just one example. To beat Russia we won’t win with tanks and men but with information, labelled and organised at lightning speed to give battlefield advantage.
