BRITS must learn to “trust” computers that think and Chat GPT won’t steal our jobs, the Tech Secretary says today.
Michelle Donelan insisted artificial intelligence was no longer like killer robots like in The Terminator as she sought to calm fears about the new tech.
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Ministers will tomorrow launch new plans for how AI will be regulated for the first time in the UK to keep the computers of tomorrow on track.
Tech bosses will be ordered to come up with new rules to keep them fair, safe and accountable to users.
Ministers want to give the NHS more AI-powered toolkits to help slash waiting times and save lives, stop fraudsters, and help deaf kids to learn to read.
The Science and Tech Secretary said ministers would “manage the risks and prevent abuse” as AI plays a bigger and bigger role in all our lives.
And she vowed to keep it on the right path of “helping, not harming humans”.
Ms Donelan told The Sun: “I want to tell Sun readers that AI is not something we should fear.
“People should trust that computers which think and learn won’t be used to undermine their safety, their privacy, their rights or their health.
“We want to make sure that AI is complementing the way we work in the UK, not disrupting it – making our jobs better, rather than taking them away.
“We will keep the public safe and the reins firmly in human hands.”
