The U.K. Pivot to AI Is Doomed From the Start
foreignpolicy.com
Technology can’t provide the economic miracle Starmer wants.
  • aaron@infosec.pubEnglish
    110·
    2 days ago

    Presumably ‘AI’ can make simple rules based decisions, if done properly (unfortunately, being the UK government this is a big ‘if’).

    But what exactly is sacking a million people supposed to do to the economy?

    • froztbyte@awful.systemsEnglish
      11·
      2 days ago

      Presumably ‘AI’ can make simple rules based decisions, if done properl

      honest question: was this meant seriously, or in jest?

      • aaron@infosec.pubEnglish
        19·
        2 days ago

        Serious.

        1. Fill in form online
        2. AI analyses it, decides if applicant is entitled to benefits.

        Why do you ask the question?

        • Tar_AlcaranEnglish
          6·
          2 days ago

          “AI” in the context of the article is “LLMs”. So, the definition of not trustworthy.

        • self@awful.systemsEnglish
          10·
          2 days ago

          why do you think hallucinating autocomplete can make rules-based decisions reliably

          AI analyses it, decides if applicant is entitled to benefits.

          why do you think this is simple