"My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of this amendment. Anyone who has written computer code, and I plead guilty, knows that large software systems are never bug-free. These bugs can arise because of software design errors, human errors in coding or unexpected software interactions for some input data. …..." Lord Tarassenko - View Speech
"My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Kidron’s Amendment 211, to which I have put my name. I speak not as a technophobe but as a card-carrying technophile. I declare an interest as, for the past 15 years, I have been involved in the development of algorithms to analyse …..." Lord Tarassenko - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Lane-Fox. I agree with her points about implementation and upskilling the Civil Service. There is much that I want to say about automated decision-making, but I will focus on only one issue in the time available.
"My Lords, I draw the House’s attention to my registered interests as a director of Oxehealth, a University of Oxford spin-out that uses AI for healthcare applications.
It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Ranger, in this debate. Like him, in the time available I will …..." Lord Tarassenko - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare an interest as a director of Oxford University Innovation. I thank the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, for securing this debate and for his thorough review of UK science and technology.
I was surprised, however, that there was no mention of the 2024 Nobel Prizes for Chemistry …..." Lord Tarassenko - View Speech
"My Lords, for the UK to remain a leading AI nation we need a reasonable proportion of UK-domiciled computer science graduates to study for a PhD in computer science or AI in a UK university. The Higher Education Statistics Agency’s Graduate Outcomes survey revealed a staggering 39% decrease—in just four …..." Lord Tarassenko - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a great honour and privilege to address this House for the first time. I must first thank noble Lords for their warm welcome, and the officials and staff for their guidance and advice. Everyone has made great efforts to pronounce my name correctly. It may be …..." Lord Tarassenko - View Speech