In this video, Hugh Lawson-Tancred discusses the challenges posed by the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). He concludes that, while the risks and dangers of AI are often exaggerated, international cooperation, particularly regional cooperation will be necessary to ensure that the maximum benefits of AI are obtained and equitably distributed. Before Brexit, the UK was the recognised leading force in European AI. The UK’s re-entry into Horizon will mitigate, but cannot fully reverse, the undermining of this leadership caused by Brexit.
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Dr Hugh Lawson-Tancred is an Associate Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London and the CEO of Protext Translations which has specialised in the use of machine translation systems for the translation of complex legal submissions and pleadings. He is a Senior Research Fellow of the Federal Trust.
Brendan Donnelly is the Director of the Federal Trust and a former MEP.
Britain could have been the California of Europe but for Brexit. Nicely put, Hugh. I also liked what you said about AI enabling us to upgrade our own hardware. One hopes it will be able to achieve more than “competent mediocrity”, which is the best I could do when competing with you to turn Shakespeare into iambic pentameters worthy of Euripides. Would love to continue the conversation.