The sci-fi fascination with AI is well established, long in the tooth and a lazy way of looking at the opportunities (and moreover the threats) presented by AI. But perhaps these once-fantastical ideas are rapidly becoming technological reality. That legislators, including the UK’s House of Lords, are looking seriously at
Continue Reading Building a smarter smartbomb: The Government responds to the House of Lords AI in Weapon Systems CommitteeGareth Stokes
Model behaviour: accountability, copyright, and the House of Lords Report on LLMs – Part 2
On 2nd February 2024 the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee (HoL) published its report on large language models (LLMs).
That report covered a variety of topics, with attention on two in particular:
- what the HoL refers to as the ‘Goldilocks problem’ – or
Who’s been regulating my AI?: Goldilocks and the House of Lords Report on LLMs and Generative AI
While much attention has been paid to the finalisation of the EU’s AI Act in recent weeks, developments in AI continue at a frenetic rate. On 2nd February 2024 the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee (HoL) published its report on large language models (LLMs…
Continue Reading Who’s been regulating my AI?: Goldilocks and the House of Lords Report on LLMs and Generative AIEU AI Act Update – Political Agreement Reached!
With great fanfare, and a Herculean final series of negotiating sessions stretching long into the night, political agreement on the EU AI Act was reached on 8th December 2023. This marked a big step closer to the first major piece of legislation regulating AI and its uses coming in…
Continue Reading EU AI Act Update – Political Agreement Reached!Grey area: getting cerebral about AI hardware and software developments
Today’s large language models (LLMs) are amazing, but use one for even a short time and the weaknesses of current LLM approaches start to show. While their ability to write recipes in the style of your favourite band’s lyrics is astonishing, logic and planning remain as area of poorer performance.…
Continue Reading Grey area: getting cerebral about AI hardware and software developmentsUK House of Lords introduce bill setting the stage for AI regulation
On 22 November, Lord Holmes of Richmond (Conservative) introduced the Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill (“Bill”) into the UK’s House of Lords. Introduced against a backdrop of rapid advancement in international regulatory development targeted at artificial intelligence (“AI”), it is interesting to see a Private Members’ Bill…
Continue Reading UK House of Lords introduce bill setting the stage for AI regulationIn Two Minds: Towards Artificial General Intelligence and Conscious Machines
Thought for the day
I’ve been extremely busy of late and finding time to just *think* has been a challenge.
In the rare moments I’ve found time to think, I’ve therefore ended up thinking about thinking – what do I really mean by thinking? why is it important to me…
Continue Reading In Two Minds: Towards Artificial General Intelligence and Conscious MachinesWorking Assumption: Factors Slowing AI’s Impact on Jobs
“How will this affect my job?”
“It could never do my job!”
We hate to disagree, but it is almost certainly the case that at least part of your current role could be performed by an AI.
The discussion of the possible impact of AI on the workforce is being…
Continue Reading Working Assumption: Factors Slowing AI’s Impact on JobsLife sentence: teaching large language models to read the book of life
Now you’re talking…
If you’ve used one of the recent high-profile AI chatbots, then you’ve no doubt been wowed by their capability. If you haven’t used one, then you’re in an increasingly small population, as these large language models have attracted enormous publicity.
A lot of the publicity has focussed…
Continue Reading Life sentence: teaching large language models to read the book of lifeA Pro-Innovation Approach: UK Government publishes white paper on the future of governance and regulation of artificial intelligence
In November 2021, the UK Government (“Government”) issued the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy, with the ambition of making the UK a global AI superpower over the next decade. The strategy promised a thriving ecosystem, supported by Government policy that would look at establishing an effective regulatory…
Continue Reading A Pro-Innovation Approach: UK Government publishes white paper on the future of governance and regulation of artificial intelligence