I think it would be good to try and boost the UK’s tech sector, and use that sector to help the country in various ways. But I think everybody knows that AI is a bit of a tired meme at the moment.
This is partly because people, especially the people who make AI, conflate 'AI’s and 'LLM’s. The LLMs are basically dumb marketing gimmicks with, as far as I can tell, near-zero practical applications outside of getting people to talk about ‘AI’, however misleadingly. However, the actual AI tech has some potential applications. It’s a question of whether the trade-offs are worth it (and, as I said elsewhere, who will actually benefit, assuming it has any benefits).
I think it would be good to try and boost the UK’s tech sector, and use that sector to help the country in various ways. But I think everybody knows that AI is a bit of a tired meme at the moment.
This is partly because people, especially the people who make AI, conflate 'AI’s and 'LLM’s. The LLMs are basically dumb marketing gimmicks with, as far as I can tell, near-zero practical applications outside of getting people to talk about ‘AI’, however misleadingly. However, the actual AI tech has some potential applications. It’s a question of whether the trade-offs are worth it (and, as I said elsewhere, who will actually benefit, assuming it has any benefits).