AI: Human Extinction Debate
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Baroness Butler-Sloss
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AI: Human Extinction
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Baroness Twycross (Lab)
In the absence of DSIT, as the noble Lord said, we have embedded AI across government by having the very first AI Minister sitting at the Cabinet table. The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade has responsibility for AI policy, including growth, innovation and infrastructure. The newly expanded Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has responsibility for tech sector oversight, cyber security and online safety, and Minister Narayan sits across different departments. We cannot have our policy on AI sitting separately from all other policy areas; it is vital that we get this driven across all areas of government.
Baroness Butler-Sloss (CB)
Might I ask the Minister whether the Government are thinking of talking to China?
Baroness Twycross (Lab)
The Government are clear that all parties involved in the development of AI need to be in agreement about a way forward.