British Prime Minister Sunak: AI has huge potential and is expected to bring 10% benefit to UK GDP in the next ten years

According to a report by Jinshi on July 4, British Prime Minister Sunak emphasized in his speech the great potential of artificial intelligence (AI), including the possibility of curing incurable diseases such as cancer and dementia, as well as the potential of AI in the fields of economy, medical care and education. widely used. AI is seen as a general-purpose technology that increases productivity, but requires commensurate investment to make it happen. In this regard, he cites a recent report by PwC, which predicts that AI will bring a 10% benefit to the UK's gross domestic product (GDP) in the next decade.

Sunak said there is huge potential for AI applications in the public service, especially in healthcare and education. In healthcare, speeding up diagnosis and improving diagnostic accuracy for diseases such as skin cancer. In education, reduce the workload of teachers and provide personalized teaching.

At the same time, he mentioned that one of the risks of AI is the risk of abuse, whether it is an open source model or otherwise, they may be used as a tool to generate false information, or the risk of being exposed to other harmful content or comments. Another risk of AI is the risk of tool usage, that is, the underlying model can activate various capabilities in the real world. The last risk is what people call "overcapacity," which is more about potential existential risk because no one yet fully understands the potential of these models.

Sunak also believes that before formulating (AI) related regulations, the security features and specifications of artificial intelligence should be clarified first, such as digital watermarking, information sharing, transparency of training data sets, etc., and research can be strengthened by setting up special research institutions and security assessment capabilities.