Artificial Intelligence: Regulation

Baroness Williams of Trafford Excerpts
Tuesday 24th October 2023

(1 year, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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My Lords—

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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It is the turn of the Liberal Democrat Benches.

Lord Fox Portrait Lord Fox (LD)
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I thank your Lordships’ House. I will follow on from the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Holmes. Huge commercial benefits are possible from AI. We have talked about the dangers, but there are benefits as well. However, as the Made Smarter Review made clear, the management skills to implement the digital opportunities of today are insufficient, so they are quite clearly not going to be there to implement the benefits of the future. In conjunction with his colleagues in the business department, what is the Minister doing to make sure that we have the skills to be able to take advantage of this technology?