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    A three-part proposal for Britain's AI strategy

    An author announcing an AI policy paper calls for grid and planning reform, fewer barriers to business adoption, and changes to taxes and public services to prepare for AI.

    Samuel Albanie 🇬🇧SA
    Oliver CameronOC
    Julia WillemynsJW
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    Announcing an AI policy paper on September 18, its author warned that Britain would have no leverage over frontier AI development under current trends, pointing to limited data centre capacity, few credible expansion plans and high energy costs. The proposed strategy has three parts: fix the grid and planning to support AI infrastructure; reform regulatory, labour and talent barriers to business adoption; and build an adaptable state. That last strand includes a tax base that can withstand labour-market changes, public services that use AI, and capacity to weather geopolitical disruption.

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    Julia Willemyns@jujulemonsI am increasingly frustrated about the state of conversation about AI in the UK. It feels like we are in never ending cycles of deluded thinking. Under current trends, Britain will be defenceless against the transformative effects of AI and have no leverage over development at the frontier. We are the most exposed economy to AI in the world. We have very little data centre capacity and few credible plans to expand – and our high energy costs mean we would struggle to even if we tried. I am publishing a paper today on what the UK should do to build that leverage, let the economy capture value from AI and prepare the state to adapt, however AI develops. The three strategies are as follows: 1. Build the infrastructure that gives us leverage. Fix the grid, fix planning, make Britain a place frontier AI can run. 2. Let the economy capture the value of AI. Reform the regulatory, labour and talent barriers that stop British firms adopting AI. 3. Build a state that can adapt to a changing world. Build a tax base that survives the labour market changing, public services that use AI to deliver better, and capacity to weather the upcoming geopolitical storms. Two years ago, we published a similar report on AI - many recommendations of which ended up in the action plan. I remember feeling hopeful, but sadly the fundamental problems facing the country on AI have not shifted. I truly hope that this week of momentum culminates in action. There’s still a narrow path for the UK, but everyday that path is narrowing.20d
    Oliver Cameron@olivercameronRT @jujulemons: I am increasingly frustrated about the state of conversation about AI in the UK. It feels like we are in never ending cycle…20d
    Samuel Albanie 🇬🇧@SamuelAlbanieRT @jujulemons: I am increasingly frustrated about the state of conversation about AI in the UK. It feels like we are in never ending cycle…19d

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    Julia Willemyns@jujulemonsI am increasingly frustrated about the state of conversation about AI in the UK. It feels like we are in never ending cycles of deluded thinking. Under current trends, Britain will be defenceless against the transformative effects of AI and have no leverage over development at the frontier. We are the most exposed economy to AI in the world. We have very little data centre capacity and few credible plans to expand – and our high energy costs mean we would struggle to even if we tried. I am publishing a paper today on what the UK should do to build that leverage, let the economy capture value from AI and prepare the state to adapt, however AI develops. The three strategies are as follows: 1. Build the infrastructure that gives us leverage. Fix the grid, fix planning, make Britain a place frontier AI can run. 2. Let the economy capture the value of AI. Reform the regulatory, labour and talent barriers that stop British firms adopting AI. 3. Build a state that can adapt to a changing world. Build a tax base that survives the labour market changing, public services that use AI to deliver better, and capacity to weather the upcoming geopolitical storms. Two years ago, we published a similar report on AI - many recommendations of which ended up in the action plan. I remember feeling hopeful, but sadly the fundamental problems facing the country on AI have not shifted. I truly hope that this week of momentum culminates in action. There’s still a narrow path for the UK, but everyday that path is narrowing.20d
    Oliver Cameron@olivercameronRT @jujulemons: I am increasingly frustrated about the state of conversation about AI in the UK. It feels like we are in never ending cycle…20d
    Samuel Albanie 🇬🇧@SamuelAlbanieRT @jujulemons: I am increasingly frustrated about the state of conversation about AI in the UK. It feels like we are in never ending cycle…19d